Saturday coolish with sunshiine.
So for all four packages the queen is released. I did give each of the packages a feeder with some sugar water. Since each of the bottom deeps has drawn comb I put on a second deep with a mix of drawn come and just wax foundations. In addition added either entrance reducers or swarm blocks to reduce the size of area to be defended or just restrict the size of bugs that can get in.
The same for the former Russian hive. All are active and pollen coming in. I'll do inspections next weekend and mark the queens. There are agreed colors for marking queens and I understand why in reality yellow or orange are the easiest to see so even though it's supposed to be white....I will use .....blue it's was last year and I don't feel like buying more colors to bee appropriate.
So 5 hives this year all growing, because I had 3 die.
Then I have four queens coming in June..... two Carniolan answer two Italians...... so I'll make a few splits.
That's the plan any way..... and make more sugar water.
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