Harvest #2
I went deeper in yesterday, and pulled four more honey bars, leaving four.
From what I saw, the bottoms of some of the bars I pulled had bubbly nectar, so it was fermenting, and dripping on the bottom board, so that was almost for sure the cause of the wetness.
The dead bees in the brood area were dry, mainly a top layer of darker bee material, and underneath, grayish decomposing bee bodies. I swept out a bunch of it but did not go all the way to the front of the hive. I am still chicken to want to mess with the area where the queen is.
Definitely saw capped brood, so it would seem the queen is still there.
So in the end, last fall I had 11 bars of capped honey. Took one in Sept, leaving 10. Took 6 this past week, leaving 4. What did they eat????
Removed entrance reducer.
From what I saw, the bottoms of some of the bars I pulled had bubbly nectar, so it was fermenting, and dripping on the bottom board, so that was almost for sure the cause of the wetness.
The dead bees in the brood area were dry, mainly a top layer of darker bee material, and underneath, grayish decomposing bee bodies. I swept out a bunch of it but did not go all the way to the front of the hive. I am still chicken to want to mess with the area where the queen is.
Definitely saw capped brood, so it would seem the queen is still there.
So in the end, last fall I had 11 bars of capped honey. Took one in Sept, leaving 10. Took 6 this past week, leaving 4. What did they eat????
Removed entrance reducer.
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