Friday, July 26, 2019

7/26 added drawn frame or two to the hive

I went through the hive yesterday and worried I didn't see any brood. However today I saw some  Not a lot but some.

Yesterday, I had added empty, undrawn frames to give the packed hive more space and added another deep.  But I worried that, IF there's a queen in there, she needs space now. 

I had a few frames in the freezer that are kind of old but at least they were already drawn out so I added it to the new deep where I saw another frame or two with some uncapped brood. I'm hoping it's not a drone brood.  We'll see.  At least I'll know I gave them room to grow.

I did see some queen cells that look empty.  I also saw a lot of craziness around the hive a week or two ago and a youtube video showed similar activity when a queen was heading out for her mating run.  That could be what was happening.  Time will tell


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