Bee Hive inspection January 28, 2024

A day of good weather finally arrived and I got another hive inspection done. This one I call Yellow Hive because of the color of the landing board.
All looked great inside. Queen is present and there are eggs, larvae and plenty of food stores. I am not seeing any drone brood in this hive yet but I did see one or two drones on the frames. I removed a few frames of honey and replaced with frames with empty comb to give more room in brood nest and also a couple empty frames in honey super. I applied Oxalic acid towel treatment for mites. I did not do a mite count. I will try to do one in 30 days when I remove the towels.
Bees are looking good so far!

[@sharine777]

This is fascinating, Heidi! I'm glad you are having success not only making honey but keep so many honeybees alive and well! Things have not been looking good in our neighborhood, as the number of pollinators - bees and butterflies - is crisis-level low. So sad, because we don't use any of the harmful chemicals that others do. Those chemicals are in the air, water, and soil, and I feel that they are at least partly responsible for the demise of our local pollinators.

[@Sakinavlogs786]

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