MARY
Mostly Cloudy
74°F
Mary doesn't seem to have any problems but it has been a while since she has been inspected. Mary is one of two colonies i had going into 2011. She produced honey and has not been combined with anyone.
Top Box DHB2: frames
1 - Solid honey
2 - Solid honey
3 - Good brood & honey ring, a few drone cells
4 - Good brood & honey ring, a few drone cells
5 - Eggs, brood & honey ring
6 - Brood & honey ring
7 - Brood & honey ring
8 - Empty brood & honey ring
9 - Back filling with Nectar
10 - Solid honey
Bottom Box DHB1: frames
1 - Mostly honey
2 - Mostly honey
3 - ½ Honey, ½ pollen
4 - Mostly empty, some brood & honey
5 - Some brood, pollen, honey
6 - Some eggs & brood, pollen, honey
7 - Pollen
8 - ½ honey
9 - Mostly honey
10 - Mostly honey
Her population seemed OK but not great. I also counted 4 SHB's; all of which were killed. Her stores need to be better. Feeding should fix that. Next month switches to 2:1 syrup from the 1:1 I'm using now. More sugar and less water. All the colonies will get Fumagilin next month too.
I didn't see the queen but there were fresh eggs. I would like to see tons more eggs though. For some reason this colony isn't producing much stores or brood. We'll keep on eye on them.
The HTF was filled with ants again. Not an issue but an annoyance.
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