Inspected the three colonies today. Local bees continue to grow rapidly. Buckfasts slowly building up. Nuc with 2018 queen made two empty cups so just waiting to see what they're planning. Only have small patches of brood on 3 frames and they are below average size-wise.
Forgot to switch out two national Abelo floors for the tunnel entrance floors I had made. Also forgot to clip my queens. I had friends and family watching on Zoom so was distracted by questions
Getting a Maisies poly brood box so will drop that on top of the nuc with a Qex between and fill it with the combs full of syrup I took from the colonies two weeks back. Hopefully that helps them and also gets me some drawn comb downstairs and empty comb upstairs. It's the dream.
I then let my Abelo poly inspection trays soak with water mixed with washing soda, then my wife painted them with masonry paint. I truly regret putting them in unpainted. They were disgusting.
Forgot to switch out two national Abelo floors for the tunnel entrance floors I had made. Also forgot to clip my queens. I had friends and family watching on Zoom so was distracted by questions
Getting a Maisies poly brood box so will drop that on top of the nuc with a Qex between and fill it with the combs full of syrup I took from the colonies two weeks back. Hopefully that helps them and also gets me some drawn comb downstairs and empty comb upstairs. It's the dream.
I then let my Abelo poly inspection trays soak with water mixed with washing soda, then my wife painted them with masonry paint. I truly regret putting them in unpainted. They were disgusting.
Jazz