Monday, August 10, 2009

We have a queen!


Time: 11:30
Weather: 80ish - sunny - no breeze

Hive1 - inspected the queenless hive again today. There were bees coming and going at the entrance (which is still reduced). Found no sign of a queen. No eggs. No larva. Had looked at all 9 frames. Decided to look again paying closer attention for eggs. Found the queen on frame 3. She was surrounded by attendants and appeared to be laying eggs. I could still see no evidence of eggs. The comb was rather dark so I should have been able to see them. We've got a queen though. Not sure if she's mated yet. We'll check back in a week to see how she's doing.

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