Overcast 70 degrees
3rd Hive:
I added the 2nd hive box with 10 empty frames to the 3rd hive today. This is the swarm hive (The swarm I captured from Christin's hive).
Taking a quick look, the queen is laying nicely. Adding an additional hive on top will give more room for the queen to lay eggs. I am still feeding this hive sugar water to build up their population.
Christin’s hive:
I opened Christin's hive and found the queen in the bottom box with eggs on 2 frames near the edge of the hive. I did not look in the top box for eggs. In the last inspection of this hive on April 4, there were very few eggs as she was just newly mated. This looks better but still not as many eggs as I would expect with all of the room she has. I will keep a close watch on her to see if she was not mated well.
Honey Supers:
We are now seeing more normal spring like temps after a few weeks in the 80's. It looks like the nectar flow has slowed with the chilly / rainy weather over the past 2 weeks because there is not a lot of progress in the honey supers.
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