Activities
- removed tar paper and insulation board on outer cover
- Cleaned out Brood nest and inner cover of old pollen patty and sure candy
- removed mouse nest in landing board, no mice
- removed dead bees from bottom board
- installed slatted rack above bottom board and below brood hive F
- swapped broods nests A now on the top F is on the bottom
- removed 2 unpopulated frames from hive A, inserted in 2 frame plastic feeder w/ 0.5 Gallon 1:1 Sugar Syrup 1/2 tsp fumagillin-b
- placed 1 tin of Apiguard mite treatment in on top of hive
Observations
- Brood Hive Body F has 5 frames worth of Bees
- Br0od Hive Body A has 3 frames worth of bees
- Bees clearly lade with pollen entering the hive
- remains of a mouse nest in landing board
Thoughts
- Remove landing board next fall to discourage mouse visits
- Feeding should have taken place 2-3 weeks earlier (consider last week in May)
- Hive One is week consider re-queening this Fall