Season 2 - Inspection #5
Posted on June 14th, 2009 by The Beek
No honey for me this year. The bees have not drawn out any comb, the ants have made a mess of the brood numbers, and now I have hive beetles. I’m waiting for a bear to show up now and eat what’s left.
I was hoping to get some honey this season, but the lack of comb in the honey supers will make that difficult. I’m putting a pail of sugar water on the hive to help offset the rainy days - maybe that will help them draw out some comb.
The queen seems to be doing well and there is plenty of capped brood now. I’ll leave the hive alone for a few weeks and see what things look like in July after we get back from vacation.
