The bees in hive 022 are bringing in pollen and we have verified that there are at least 2 weeks of brood in the comb.
Pollen and Brood
First 2022 Inspections
Two of the campus hives were inspected and hive organization was corrected. No queen was seen but signs were seen in hive 022.
Hive 22 overwintered with a shallow honey super. The queen has been laying in the super for at least 2 weeks. Several new bees were seen on the frames as well as capped brood, larva and many eggs. The top honey super was inspected for a queen, and she was not found after two inspections of the top box. The queen excluder was put into place. We will verify soon that she is in the bottom box if no eggs are seen after a week.
Hive 021 was inspected. Very few bees were in the top honey super so I emptied all the bees out and placed a solid divider on top of the lower brood box keeping all bees out of the super. Hove 021 looks extremely good.
