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Title: the next inspection
Post by: barry42001 on March 15, 2014, 01:50:07 pm
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well they are starting to shape up. both hives have started working on the deep frames and the first hive the queen is back to laying eggs in the medium frames and there is brood in all stages of development..
and I know what they've been doing with that old wax from the medium frames they're reworking the foundation into drone comb. Lol repurposing plasticell is difficult not impossible but evidently more work than they wanted to put out for the moment..but it's nice to say they're starting to expand beyond five frames, about time. who can find the Queen there's actually two photographs with her in it, only one is all of her lol

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Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: Jen on March 15, 2014, 02:47:39 pm
In the third picture... is that her in the bottom right corner? head against the edge of the pic?

still looking in the other two...
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: barry42001 on March 15, 2014, 02:52:13 pm
also the first picture look in the middle right

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Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: barry42001 on March 15, 2014, 02:53:20 pm
in the third picture is on her abdomen and some of her thorax

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Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: tbonekel on March 15, 2014, 06:29:47 pm
I love the empty cell in the middle picture! It's like no one wants to claim any responsibility for it.  :)
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: barry42001 on March 15, 2014, 06:43:43 pm
not sure why that picture clarity lax so much when you expand it but believe it or not there are eggs and every one of them cells aside from where they just chewed their way out of the cell you can see the rough edges

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Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: Jen on March 15, 2014, 06:52:43 pm
Tbone-""I love the empty cell in the middle picture! It's like no one wants to claim any responsibility for it.''"

Bad rental juju  :D
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: LazyBkpr on March 15, 2014, 07:31:37 pm
Yep found her in the top pic and the bottom pic, her abdomen in the bottom..   Nice!  I like find the queen pics. Looking pretty good!
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: riverbee on March 15, 2014, 08:21:24 pm
nice pix barry!
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: barry42001 on March 15, 2014, 08:32:11 pm
you know how difficult  it is to get a good picture of a running queen with a cell phone?

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Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: Jen on March 16, 2014, 12:28:12 am
Hey Barry! Guess What!?!

I saw my queen today! omg omg omg omg

She was in the bottom deep and looks great, she's grown since last spring. I'm amazed I saw her.

Thanks for posting Good Queen Juju today  ;) 8)
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: barry42001 on March 16, 2014, 12:31:22 am
LOL, Jen

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Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: apisbees on March 16, 2014, 12:42:27 am
It doesn't take much to get the new kids excited here! good to hear that they are building up.
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: barry42001 on March 16, 2014, 06:35:20 pm
it is interesting, I am still feeding syrup to all the bees. despite the blossoming trees, and there are more than a few...they are readily taking in the syrup.

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Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: tecumseh on March 16, 2014, 07:49:36 pm
a tbone snip....
I love the empty cell in the middle picture! It's like no one wants to claim any responsibility for it.

tecumseh....
quite often in mating nucs I use this as a good sign (without looking any further) that I have a new queen freshly mated who is fixing to lay pretty quickly.  These small areas often have a dull polished look to them and you might swear that 'the girls' have some kind of sign posted saying no trespassing and messin' up our good work.   Quite often these areas do almost look circular.
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: LazyBkpr on March 17, 2014, 12:19:39 am
it is interesting, I am still feeding syrup to all the bees. despite the blossoming trees, and there are more than a few...they are readily taking in the syrup.

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   Barry... My bees will suck down a quart of syrup per hive every other day, no matter how good the flow is.. I VERY nearly learned the hard way that they had plugged the entire brood box with syrup. not one hive, but Five at that time had ALL done exactly the same thing.. had I not caught it when I did, I expect they would have absconded.. so check to make sure they are not putting that syrup in the brood chamber!  if they are not, your good!
Title: Re: the next inspection
Post by: barry42001 on March 17, 2014, 12:23:01 am
Lol LazyBkpr what you know they need all that thin syrup to  manufacturer wax when they swarm   lol

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