We went to clear away the burr cells from the top of the frames and put a propolis mat on top of the frames to prevent the bees from building new cells. The other task was to remove the frame feeders as they are not really needed now.
Started with the weaker hive, not much change over the last week, couldn't find the queen. Cleared the wax and removed the feeder, noticed it had quite a few drowned bees in it so decided to take it away and empty it to count them. When I did this I noticed one bee trying to crawl away. On closer inspection she looked very much like the queen... a small panic set in, it was the queen and not looking too hot either.
Carefully collected her and took her back to the hive where she crawled down the frames. I will have a look in a day or two to see how she is getting on.
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| Frame from smaller nuc |
The other hive is much stronger and more active. Found the queen,
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| Queen bee |
This hive is looking good, plenty of brood and stores.
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| Frame of bee brood |
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