Since Delores' colony is so small. She needed a more efficient place to stay. Yesterday, because it was stormy all day, again, I threw together a 4 frame nuc box to move Delores into. By the time I got there this morning, it was already low 50's and bees were buzzing everywhere. Lisa and the kids wandered around watching the bees in the flowers hard at work.
Sunshine and warm, its a bee-a-utiful day. The forcasters haven't even been in the same state all month long, it seems.
We moved the frames that had comb and brood into the nuc box. Then we stole a partial frame of brood and some stores, and added it to the nuc.
Doris had so much going on in her hive, she didn't notice one frame missing. We dusted Doris with sugar. The mite counts are looking really low. There was a scare of deformed wing virus in Doris' hive on Friday. But, a closer inspection today proved there was no real threat.
In the new box, acivity from Deloris' crew ramped up considerably. I found a few flaws in the design of my box. They shouldn't be problems for the bees, but I can make adjustments to it when that colony moves back out in a few weeks.
Oh yeah, that nuc box was completely free. I made it out of leftover wood and scraps from my garage. The paint was donated by John (Thanks John).
Sun's shining. Things are looking up.
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