Friday, June 4, 2010

Hive Check : June 4th, I found my Queen

I immediately saw the Queen when I pulled up this frame.  All my worry and searching are gone.  I got misty eyed, it was a good few minutes as I watched her surrounded by her attendants.  She's a graceful creature, she's so important.  Merging my two hives is now a thought from the past.  For the time being, both hives are doing fine.  This package colony is still very weak and hasn't had the numbers to build out the last frames on each side with comb yet.  Now that I can confirm that there IS a Queen maybe the hive will grow.  I'm going to see if I can't find a pollen patty to put in there and will also be putting in another baggie of sugar water to stimulate the colony.

1 comment:

  1. I'm so glad your queen is alive and well! Great news!

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