We have been keeping an eye on them a lot, we inspected them a few times to see if the Queen is there and on one of the inspections we saw eggs in the combs, which is a good thing because they are only in the egg stage for 3 days and this way we knew the Queen was there. We helped them along by feeding them a sugar water mix, two parts sugar to one part water, and they loved it. One day we added another super with new foundation and so they didn't have to work too hard to make wax we fed them more sugar water. As it turned out we fed them 6 times over the month for a total of 18 liters and as it turned out they drew the foundation out but with so much feed the make honey. It will stay there for them to have over winter. We put another super between the honey and the brood chamber, and will leave them alone for a while to give the time to build them out and hopefully let the Queen lay more eggs, building their numbers. During this last inspection we got to see the Queen and everything looked healthy, now time will tell.
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| Our Girls. |
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| Looking good, brood hatching. |
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It's hard to see but the Queen is in the center of
the picture above half way. |
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| The Queen in the center of the picture. |
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