So the morning was cool upper 50s sunny.
I went into all 5 hives looking for status mainly. I don't need to find the queen at all but it gives me a warm fuzzy that I am nor squishing them when I do. Forecast is sunny tomorrow and Mondsy...then the rain returns for the rest of the week.
I need a flashlight on days where it gets cloudy.
First the Russian hive.
Not queen right that I can't tell if there were eggs or not. Need to remember to leave my glasses off. I also have a challenge seeing with just my right eye keeping my eyes together with a distortion in my left eye is hard.
Any way some new wax but not a lot. New bees make the wax. I did spot a few small queen cells. I may sit tight but split them.....later as I could use a few nucs from this hive.
Middle hive
Also similar.... queen right is quedtionable.....no eggs or larva.
Far hive
Better, a queen and larva....capped and uncapped I put it back together as soon as I saw her.
Furthest hives of two
Queen and larva
Hive closest
No queen, no larva
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