Inspected the #bees today & changed out their screened bottom board to a solid board. It was chaos. Lots of robbers came & we were rushing! We saw the #SaskatrazQueen though & eggs! Eggs (circled) are so hard for us to see, but I dared to take my glove off to take some pics. Then I got stung on the back of my thigh in a tender area! 😫 We did see mites, hive beetles, & moth larvae, unfortunately. They have tons of honey &, shockingly, I saw bees bringing in small bits of pollen!
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The #bees have a high varroa mite load, so we are treating the hive with a miticide for the next 20 days. Our forecast says we will be cool enough; fingers crossed 🤞 it stays that way! We last saw the #SaskatrazQueen last Sunday. #beekeeping 🐝 🐝 🐝

Full hive inspection today. #Bees a lot calmer & tolerant today than in early August. We've mostly left this hive alone all summer as they had fully drawn out comb to start with; now 12 full frames of capped honey. We saw the #SaskatrazQueen, but not sure she... #beekeeping /1

Colony inspection today. The #bees mostly filled the second deep, saw a lot of brood, larvae, & #honey 🍯 in it. Didn't see the #SaskatrazQueen. They started with mostly drawn out comb, only a few frames were new. Decided to add a honey super with half-drawn out comb. #beekeeping

The #bees got an addition; I added a second deep box today. Inspection looked great with lots of larvae, & the emerald #SaskatrazQueen is alive & well. There will be a big increase in population in a couple of weeks, & they will need the room. Zoey came to supervise. #beekeeping

Alright, I dont know if I did it correctly, but I combined our original #queenless colony with our queenright swarm colony utilizing a sheet of newspaper. Fingers crossed those #bees assimilate! 😬 🐝🐝🐝 We are putting them back on team #SaskatrazQueen! #beekeeping

The #SaskatrazQueen. #Beekeeping #Bees #Honey