Woolsey Hive 1
Looks good. No need for changes. Population is building rapidly so I didn’t bother looking for brood. This one will also need a 2nd deep soon.
Woolsey Hive 2
The one is the worst of the bunch. Population had dwindled to only a few frames of bees. No queen and no brood. I pulled a frame of bees and brood from Woolsey 3 and crossed my fingers.
Woolsey Hive 3
Looks good. No changes needed. Found brood on first frame I pulled so no need to look further. Pulled one frame of eggs & brood to supplement Woolsey Hive 2 in the hopes that they will raise another queen.
PTC Hive 1
Strong hive – even a little defensive, requiring more smoke than the others. Will keep an eye on the temperment. This hive was started with a package from south GA, so its possible that there may be some African genes in the mix. Not likely, but somethig to keep an eye on. Good honey stores being put away. Pulled feeder.
PTC Hive 2
No queen but still some covered brood. Population was smaller than it should have been but not to the degree that it was alarming. I did find a few queen cells so I’m going to take a wait and see approach with this one. I’m thinking that they might have rejected the queen that came in the package.
PTC Hive 3, 4, 5
Good growth. Typical for what one would expect with a new package. All the queens were laying. However, PTC 4 had a spotty brood pattern. I hate gimpy queens. If she doesn’t start laying better within a few weeks, I’m going to requeen it. PTC 5 had heavy propolis on the lid. Nothing to worry about necessarily, but annoying.
Fayetteville Hive 1
Looks Good. Feeder down to 1/2. Saw queen a decent brood pattern. Saw one queen cell.
Fayetteville Hive 2
Egg city. Feeder down to 1/4. Didn’t bother looking for queen. She was obviously busy.
Fayetteville Hive 3
Huge Brood nest. Didn’t bother looking for Queen.
Brooks Hive 1
3 frames with some unfinished honey. High hopes for this one. Some brood in the honey super, but only a few cells.
Brooks Hive 2
Ready for 2nd deep. Treated with powdered sugar. SHB trap was clean.
Brooks Hive 3
This one needs the 2nd deep now. No question. Treated with powdered sugar.
Brooks Hive 4
Very little activity in honey super. Treated with powdered sugar.
Brooks Hive 5
Moved from Nuc to a single deep. This one was packed with bees. Pulled swarm cells and mixed up brood nest a little when I moved it. Hoping that will kill the swarm instinct.
