susbees
Queen Bee
- Joined
- May 7, 2010
- Messages
- 3,231
- Reaction score
- 2
- Location
- Welsh Marches, by Montgomery
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 35ish
Last month there was a marked reduction in drones around here although most hives had reasonable stores and the one that didn't was actively slinging them out. Then the dearth of a couple of weeks back and all hives got a bit of syrup.
Today's checks on all hives - all have reasonable stores but not packed out - showed one hive with a few drones, three and a nuc with no obvious drones....and two hives with brood/capped brood in previously made drone cells. Does this smack of plans to supercede? Or is it that they feel a bit happier re stores and the weather? Or something else glaringly obvious I've overlooked.
All hives have brood though some better than others and are Q+ (or were this morning!).
Today's checks on all hives - all have reasonable stores but not packed out - showed one hive with a few drones, three and a nuc with no obvious drones....and two hives with brood/capped brood in previously made drone cells. Does this smack of plans to supercede? Or is it that they feel a bit happier re stores and the weather? Or something else glaringly obvious I've overlooked.
All hives have brood though some better than others and are Q+ (or were this morning!).