Quick Peek 2009-10-29
I heard from Naomi that Noah heard from Gabriel that Art’s bees are gone. Noah was worried about our bees. I was worried about our bees. We both checked to see that they were coming and going nicely.
In the afternoon I put on the bee jacket and gloves and took a quick look at the hive. I didn’t use smoke.
I saw, and squished, two beetles that were a bit like roaches in that they were flat and light brown.
Half the sugar jar has been consumed.
The bees seem to be smaller, but as the camera is in the car, I have no pictures and can’t compare.
I pulled frames 1, 4, 5 and 8 today. Frame 1 is unused as before. Frame 4 inside has a lump of capped honey about the size of a grapefruit in the middle of the frame. Frame 5 was really, really heavy which I take as a good sign. The bees don’t seem to be doing anything with frame 8 as in the past.
Tags: Bees