Fully Queenright
Just a quick note. We checked hive #1 into which we introduced the new queen about 10 days ago. In the top brood box, I first looked at a frame that had drone cells along the bottom edge, but no worker cells. I was worried we might have developed laying workers. On the next frame, though, we had a pretty decent pattern of capped worker cells and some larva several days old. I was satisfied, so we didn't dig deeper (humidity overpowered curiosity--we were dripping, though it was only 80 degrees).
They were starting to work on the second super and the first super was much heavier than a week ago. We'll definitely have some honey again this year. We peeked at hive #2 and they had made some progress there in the super as well, but not nearly as much, with only about 4 out of 9 frames fully drawn out.
They were starting to work on the second super and the first super was much heavier than a week ago. We'll definitely have some honey again this year. We peeked at hive #2 and they had made some progress there in the super as well, but not nearly as much, with only about 4 out of 9 frames fully drawn out.
I'm so glad that all is going great with your hives!! How wonderful to get some honey out of all your hard work. Sounds like your new queen is doing a good job :)
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