All berm hives at the campus were inspected. All hives were queen right and beginning to store excess amounts of nectar. Hives installed on April 28 are growing fast and moving into the supers.
Queen was removed from the Wild17 colony split. Queen in Wild17 split is known to have more aggressive genetics than others. This combined with the spotty brood pattern and the presence of several supercedure cells indicated a replacement was long over due.
Officer Ed’s colony was also inspected. Normal entrance activity and a normal amount of bees were observed. The queen had been freed and the cage was removed.