May 17: One Week Check-in

On May 17, I looked into the hives for the first time since getting them out of their nucs and into their new homes.  Everything looks GOOD.  I saw the NEB queen (brightly marked), but not the MVA queen--but there was evidence that both queens were laying well.

The MVA hive, which was the stronger of the two nucs, is already crowded.  I squinched a couple of swarm cells and added a second hive body to that hive.  I'll wait another week to put one on the NEB hive.

No sign of mites.  Lots of pollen coming in the front door.

There's the NEB queen!