It has been very hot here so the bees have needed a lot of water. They have started visiting the water station I provided for them. I need to refill it every couple of days.
Today I went into #3 in order to remove the Apivar strips I put in 6 weeks ago. Of course, I looked around the rest of the hive as well.
In the top box there was some capped and unripe honey. I suspect that it is made mainly from the sugar syrup they have been fed. There was some brood, and, surprisingly to me, some areas of drone cells.
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| Drone cells in the center and capped honey around |
Perhaps it is the unusual weather. I did not see the queen, but I believe she is doing well because I saw very young (2-3 day old)
larvae.
Surprisingly because this is when
drone production should have stopped.
There was also good pollen stores.
Conclusions: #3 is doing well and I need to continue feeding.
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