Sunday, August 8, 2010

Hive Check : 08/08 the Queen refuses to lay

There are very few capped brood cells, no drone brood and no honey stores in my package hive.  As of yesterday I had been planning to get a new queen but in light of the disaster going on in this hive I'm leaning towards just merging this weak hive with the stronger one.  While inside today I saw that not all of the frames are drawn and there were wax moths in the comb. 

I was going to take pictures but there is nothing to take pictures of but empty comb.

I fed the failing hive nearly 2L of 2:1 sugar water.  I fed the good hive about 6 cups.  I have to make more syrup today to feed the good hive.

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