Aretha Update

Hops watching us check the hive

On day three we checked the hive to make sure Aretha had been released for the queen cage.   She had been and the bees were super active so we are assuming she is in the hive looking to lay eggs.

Here is the empty queen cage and below you can see the hole that contained the marshmallow.  Next up - in a few days, we will open the hive and see if we can find her and see how much work they have done in building the comb.   We have been watching closely and there are bees coming in all day with full pollen baskets.  I have asked Grace to take some pics of the pollen baskets with her good camera, so stand by!