Exploring the World of Bees…
All campus hives were inspected. All hives appear to be queenright and functional. This includes the Woody’s pond hive which does appear to be on the rebound with a new laying queen.
Hives were given more space and the smallest hive was given some new bees from the strongest colony.
A quick trip to the campus to inspect two hives. The far hive (022) was clearly overcrowded and we would like to prevent swarming. So I added another shallow honey super to the colony. Also all hive top covers were propped open at an angle for extra ventilation.
Hive (021) combine went very well. This hive does not need a honey super. So I shook all the bees from the honey super into the bottom brood box. I then placed the empty honey super onto Hive, (022). Hive (021) now only has one brood chamber. We need to order 2 more honey supers.
