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Vibe of the Hives:
5/12-13 Got all hives inspected except The Mountain. Most notable were 2-3 emerged queen cells in Woody. Tore 5 more out. Stuck one nice looking cell into The Cam Hive (Stumpy) Just in case she indeed leave with that swarm I caught or one I missed.
5/12 Moved mate 2 frame s to 5 frame 3
5/2 - Cam Hive Swarmed!! This time they landed on neighbors fence. I was able to get them in a box. Not sure they will stay.
4/30 - Cam Hive Swarmed! However, I convinced them to come back and then did a split. Wrecked all the queen cells in Woody. Took queen out of Back Alley into a 5 fame nuc. Confirmed Carnolian looking queen bee and in Pirate Cove. 10 frame in middle of yard: tore out early queen cells. Confirmed Happy Feet is queenless. May combine queen from Back Alley later in the week.
4/28 - Shrouded hive check, marked queen. Saw brood. Reduced to one super. Added super to Back Alley Hive. Caught swarm at sunset that had been hanging out since at least 3:30pm. I totally walked and worked right next to it and didn't even "see" it until I was inside looking at camera feed!
4/27 - 2 Dead outs in MI. Recovered 50 pounds honey. Split survivor.
4/23 - Made two splits from Back Alley and two from Woody. Marked Woody's queen.
4/13-15 - Made a 3 frame split from The Mountain. Made a 2 frame split form Woody and ? Tore out all the queen cells from Happy Feet (not happy bees, want to requeen)
3/29 - Checked the rest of the hives. One along fence has failed. Tore out a queen cell in Gfield hive. Shook down to three boxes. Moving tonight.
3/28 - Checked the four double deep colonies. Three went through all fondant and were given more. Woody in back wanted nothing to do with patty. They are ready for super. Will add tomorrow.
The rest of the hives will be checked tomorrow. No swarm cells nor queen cups observed. Back Alley hive: Swapped to migratory cover with hole drilled in the top. Added 3D printed beetle blocking entrance adapters.