This blog is for beekeepers in Northern climates. I will be describing what I am doing with my bees on a monthly schedule.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
New packages inspection
eggs on a frame, pollen and nectar on upper part of frame
brood - young and older larvae
All beekeepers that have put in new hives need to inspect for queen acceptance. By now there should be larvae and capped brood in many colonies. If it is hard to see the eggs, the larvae is there now and easy to tell if the colony is queen right.
