Sunday, April 14, 2013

Ohio Queen hive moved to full sized box

The Ohio Queen Initiative queen hive was previously in a 3-story, 6-frame medium nuc setup. I wanted to get it into a more standard setup with room for growth. I cleaned out one of the deadout colonies and that will now be the home for this beautiful queen!

Tearing down the hive gave me an opportunity to see how this colony is doing overall. There aren't a ton of bees in there - probably four frames worth - but the queen is laying and it looks like a decent pattern:


All of the capped honey cells that have been emptied out are now filled with brood or eggs at some stage. The laying pattern is very solid. Here's a closer look:


I left some honey frames in the hive but still put the jar of sugar water with Fumigillin-B on top of the hive. Hopefully they build up quickly and grow into a good production colony!


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