Hive 2 is no more, queen gone small bunch of dead bees. Removed 10 frames of honey and installed on hive 1.
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January Consolidation
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012Winter Check
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Hive 2 is dead. Disamantled and placed 10 frames of honey on hive 1.
Hive 1 received honey plus sugar candy.
Winter prep
Monday, November 21st, 2011Wrapped hives
Instlled mouse guards
Installed insulation on top of inner cover.
No queen in hive 2.
Hive Feedings
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011Fed hives 2:1 Sugar/Water quart mix + 1/4 tsp fumagellin
Hive 2 Feeding
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Added 1 qt. 2:1 Feeder
Fall Feeding
Saturday, October 8th, 2011Added 1 Qt Feeders to both hives, mixture
- 1.5lbs Sugar
- 1 pint water
- 1/4 tsp Fumagellin
2011 Honey Intake
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Harvest Details (September 10, 2011)
- 2 1/2 Honey Supers ( 1 – Hive One, 1.5 Hive Two)
- ~70lbs of Honey
- 60 12 Oz. Bears, 20 2.5 oz. bears, 2 Gallons for Mead
Hive Two added Honey Super
Sunday, July 31st, 2011Added honey super to hive two, configuration is as follows.
C – Honey super, full and capped
H – New honey super no wax or honey
B – Hive body, good brood w/ number of drone cells
E – Hive body, did not check
Hive Two Inspection
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Observed
- Uncapped honey in honey super E
- Fresh even brood and honey in main hive body B
- Large number of bees with activity outside of hive
- no visabile ant activity
- Winter moth is attacking maple tree above hives
Actions
- Installed queen excluder between main hive body B and honey super E
- removed weeds around base of hive
Hive Two Inspection
Saturday, May 28th, 2011Observed:
- Ants in upper honey super
- No comb production in lower honey super
- fresh brood on several frames
Actions:
- moved super D with comb/ants placed to hive one
- removed queen excluder
Need to replace queen excluder in 4 days