Quick summary pending trip to Midlands:
Both hives looked contented from outside. We had a cursory look at both boards of debris from below the hive – lots of wax crystals that look like sugar as expected when comb is being drawn. A few dead bees on hive 2.
In hive one, queen cells had hatched; no brood other than what we introduced from David.
Hive 2 we again saw the heavily marked in white queen, plus after some debate some larvae – hurray. They look like pearly white crescents at the bottom of a cell.
Have a look at some photos:
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- Board from under hive 1
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- Janet Pascoe’s photo of varroa mite from hive 2
Hughenden Buzz 