Today as I checked the arrival of the hatching of the bees in the nasty hive I saw everything going great in the morning, many bees at the entrance awaiting their first flight. I checked again later in the day and saw much fighting at the entrance. I had given them sugar water inside the hive to help them along and I guess now that the flowers are abating, thievery is about, so I closed down the entrance to help them defend the hive better and it seems to be working. If its still is bad tomorrow, I'll close it down some more or maybe even shut it off completely for a few days.
Got a reply from the queen vendor and he has shipped the new queen, should be here on Weds. Its a New World Carnolian. Hope that will spice the nuc before its to late. I guess I should be feeding it also. The TBH is still going great guns, hope to harvest some of the honey the first year. Later
Got a reply from the queen vendor and he has shipped the new queen, should be here on Weds. Its a New World Carnolian. Hope that will spice the nuc before its to late. I guess I should be feeding it also. The TBH is still going great guns, hope to harvest some of the honey the first year. Later
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