Each of the hives at McLoon Farms in Dunstable, MA had notes provided
for each hive with details of this springs previous openings. The hives
already had their first supers on.
Bergit checking through the upper brood chamber for signs of queen activity
(larva and brood) and pointing out the proper laying pattern vs. pollen
and honey stored above the brood nest..
Other hives being opened by Al and Alden.
Rick inspecting the brood chamber.
Al checking the bottom deep first and then the upper hive body to avoid
all the bees moving to the bottom deep if the upper hive body was checked
first while on top on the bottom hive body.
Alden showing eager on-lookers how to inspect drone comb for verroa
infestation. Alden had noted in the earlier workshop that in a hive
with one frame of drone comb the drone cells are inspected by uncapping
a small group at a time. The frame of drone comb is discarded if there
are more then ten cells found with verroa on about 1/3 of a frame side.
Discarding the frame knocks down the verroa infestation level in the
hive, thus helping to control the level without chemicals.
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