tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post6609295938178179953..comments2024-02-23T05:26:35.037-05:00Comments on Linda's Bees: Conclusions about the Dead Hive in my BeeyardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-70893797240972809842012-01-22T22:10:14.733-05:002012-01-22T22:10:14.733-05:00Don (the Fatbeeman) in Lula, GA and one of my bee ...Don (the Fatbeeman) in Lula, GA and one of my bee mentors, told me tonight that I was misreading the hive. He thinks because of the queen cell frame that I photographed that these bees actually made a queen who emerged. More than likely either the queen was too late to be mated (no drones available in the fall) or was killed on her mating flight and then the hive became queenless. So he agrees with me that the hive died because it was queenless but wanted me to be more specific in my reading of the frames to note that they had made a queen, but that something happened to her after that. I always appreciate his wisdom.Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-9094232467921925392012-01-17T20:59:20.783-05:002012-01-17T20:59:20.783-05:00Right - Jeff and I plan to split Colony Square - p...Right - Jeff and I plan to split Colony Square - possibly making two new hives from it, Lenox Pointe - making one new hive and maybe the hives at Stonehurst Place (as a form of swarm control). I don't think my hives at home are strong enough to split and Blue Heron is tiny in a nuc. The other two hives at my old house are too small to split as well. Currently we have seven hives alive that belong to us (not counting Stonehurst) and could conceivably have ten with three splits made at the first of March.Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-38169689126515891752012-01-17T20:55:35.943-05:002012-01-17T20:55:35.943-05:00Sorry to hear of your loss. I was waiting for your...Sorry to hear of your loss. I was waiting for your conclusion, and thankful to hear it wasn't something like a pesticide kill. Hopefully you'll be able to make splits or catch a swarm to replenish the life in this hive.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.littlehouseonthebighill.com/beekeeping" rel="nofollow"></a>Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612958852770385279noreply@blogger.com