[riseholmebees] Re: Brood or Food?
- From: VANESSA HUGHES <nesshughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: riseholmebees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 09:18:30 +0000 (GMT)
Hello Steve,
I was just wondering how you are getting on now with your bees. Mine are due in
about a week and I've been thinking about you and whether everything is
starting to fall into place. Are you happy with the colony from the auction now?
Thanks for forwarding the emails, I find the Notts newsletters especially
interesting.
Thanks again,
Vanessa
--- On Wed, 14/4/10, Steve Pickard <steve_pickard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Steve Pickard <steve_pickard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [riseholmebees] Brood or Food?
To: riseholmebees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, 14 April, 2010, 9:08
Hi – pretty simple question. Having bought a colony at the Lincoln auction I
gave it its first inspection last weekend.
They all seem pretty healthy and happy, but had two slight concerns – 1) on one
of the frames there were three supercedure cells (didn’t check to see if they
were being used or not) and 2) I didn’t notice any uncapped larvae – this may
have been due to looking for the wrong thing or not wearing my glasses though.
Of course I’m worried as to whether its queen-right and will do a slightly less
panicky inspection as soon as the weather allows.
Question though - how do I tell the difference between capped brood and capped
stores? Is it colour or shape (see to recall that drones are in more domed
cells)?
Thanks
Steve
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