Inspected Hive, Saw Nothing Bad


  • All honey clean, some even capped finally!  Some drone larvae at the bottom of some of the honey.
  • No small hive beetles, or larvae or any apparently spoiled nectar
  • No mites.
  • Just happy bees!
  • Easy to inspect, only a little water spray to get them to poke their heads back down so as not to squish them.

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