I have two new Nucs ready for pickup this weekend. I ordered these 5 months ago, and I am glad that I did,because of my losses this winter. My hives are all painted and ready. I need to find 4 or more cinder blocks for this weekend.
I am having horrible problems with carpenter ants this year. I put some oil around the hives and in two cases it helped. On the third hive, it made no difference. I am going to buy some more of motor oil and make a more around the third hive.
My walkaway split is still alive, but I think that one of the hives is queenless. There is not much activity at the front porch, but the hive is full of bees. The other half of the split is happy and growing and they are returning back with full baskets of pollen.
The week hive is just about gone. I see very few bees left. I guess that the queen died and that was the end of it. One of my nucs will occupy the space.
