Category: Inspection

Things are really looking good. Frau Imkerin and I went through all five hives today, so strap in, this is a long journal. One of the best things we observed about all the hives is that we saw zero small hive beetles. Compared to past years that was really encouraging. I also randomly checked some drone brood with the magnifying glass headset and didn’t see any verroa mites. It all sounds too good to be true but we’ll know for sure when we mite test in July.

All the girls have been very busy and were mostly mellow today, except for Carny. They got kind of pissy when I got into the brood box. I guess some Homo sapien girls may like to be squeezed, but Apis millifera ligustica not so much. As usual, it was my fault. Always be sure to look at your tools before you pick them up!

On to better things … Below is the journal of the condition of all the hives in the order we checked them today.