Saturday, April 23, 2011

Happy News!

It seems the queen is ok after all, since uncapped brood was observed on thurs apr 21.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Sad News










Her Majesty the Queen seems to be gone. The colony is very small, at 3 frames (frames 2, 3 and 4 from the track side have bees, and only a few on #5) and no eggs or uncapped brood can be seen. there are no queen cells in evidence.
It looks bad for the colony. Pj says it can take weeks to establish a new queen to lay.