Good news Zante. As a matter of interest for your area, how many frames of brood did you have?
Just one unfortunately (only worker brood, no drone yet), but I didn't look for eggs, so there might be more than I spotted. My main concern was to make sure the queen had survived the winter, seeing I lost the other colony.
Good weather has just started though, it has been either raining or windy until last weekend, and the workers appear to be young, so proper buildup might have just started.
There was very little in the way of flying while I was there, but there is food in the hive, and I spotted a decent amount of pollen in there too, so they must be getting it in. I saw about three frames of bees in the hive, but I don't know how many might have been out.
I will see if the of bees/brood have increased next week, then decide what to do, might have bought a nuc with an old queen last year, and it might be on its last legs. Still early to decide that though, just keeping in mind that replacement is a possibility.
Question: if I were to move the queen from the frame it's on with the brood in the comb, to a frame of empty comb next to it, would that stimulate more laying or is it a pointless move?
