Full Inspection

2023-05-04

Summary / Goals

• put pollen patties in for both hives
• refille syrup
• check for wax buildout in beeyonce 2nd floor
• check for queen escape in beeatrice

Weather

Mostly cloudy, 55F -- not great for inspections

Encounter Log

Beeatrice (Closest to the house)

• there is no brood present.
• queen is still in her queen cage, the sugar plug still has a little left to go. I didn't pierce it, just letting the bees do their thing.
• bees weren't overly aggressive like last time, maybe because they smell the queen.
• lots of resources on frames. Will they be a target for robbing?
  • I opted to keep entrance reducer on to ensure they weren't stuck fighting other hives
• New pollen patty installed.
• Swapped sugar syrup

Beeyonce (Furthest from the house)

• hive still had maybe 1/4 jar of sugar syrup available. They're slowing down
• top box mostly empty, no drawn comb. Jeannie warned about this in class, said we had to pyramid new boxes.
  • I pyramided the box to help.
• New pollen patty installed
• swapped sugar syrup