I get a nasty surprise in my recent hive inspection of the Phoenix Hive. I'm worried again for their survival. #bees #beekeeping #honey #beekeeper #faewood #homesteading #farm
Great inspection video! I would suggest when you feed that colony, checker those undrawn frames into the center of the box. The combination of feed and blank foundation should encourage them to drawn the frames out. I also wanted to mention that marking the queen not only makes her easier to spot, but it will make it easier to tell if the colony ever swarms, because the new queen won't be marked.
Thanks for the tips! I never thought about other benefits of marking a queen, that's good to know. I still have trouble identifying my unmarked queen, maybe I should mark her myself.
@FaewoodAcres I always mark my queens. I believe there should be s9me footage of my doing it coming up in an episode soon. It's one of the easiest things to do, you should definitely do it
