Helped get some overwinter nucs ready at the beginning of the season and another beek snapped a few candid shots. I guess my hat was the place to bee!
Both are better than having one inside it! 😬
iso118
joined 3 months ago
This happens like once every other year anyway, I'll take care of the next one!
I've purchased two overwinter nucs that I'm building up this year - one is extremely healthy and going great, the other has been a little sleepy from the start. I supered both at ~10 days after installing them in deeps, and I noticed sleepy hive was working on 3 supersedure cells. All were fairly fresh, only one had an egg in it. I located the queen, so I knocked them all down.
A week later I inspected for general health after a full week of rain and sleepy hive had one more queen cell, this time with a fairly developed larva in it. Found queen again so I killed the larva and crushed the cell.
The queen overwintered, so I dont think it's new hive jitters, but maybe the change in location is messing with them? Any thoughts as to why they're trying for a new queen when the current one is healthy and laying?
There are other colors, but you typically see them in tans or neutral tones. Part of it is that it's a lot easier to see if there's a bee on you when your suit isn’t dark, lol. Another part is that you work in the bright sun, and a light suit helps keep you cool. Finally, some beeks say that bees are attracted to, or even angered by, black. Not sure if thats true, but either way a black suit sounds miserable!