Wednesday, April 11, 2018

The Queen!

I checked the hive on April 10, and found that the queen had been released and was moving about on frames, hopefully getting ready to start laying eggs! She is marked with a red dot, which is the color all queens are marked with this year. It's an easy way to tell how old they are at a quick glance. However, bees often have their own ideas and can create a new queen whenever they see fit, so you can quickly end up with an unmarked queen! I saw that they have started making nectar, and did a quick check for eggs, but did not see any yet. Everything seems to be humming along nicely!



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