The bees seem to be doing quite well so far. We've been feeding them every other day and each hive is going through about a quart a day of the sugar syrup solution. (1c. water to 2c. sugar) Also, they've been starting to collect pollen - we assume it's from the local willow trees.
These gals (NWCs) have already filled up an entire frame in their hive... they may have more, but we're trying to not *mess* with the hive too much (they were kind of pissy today) and let them be. The other hive actually started to build some comb off of the feeder. We need to go back in and remove it next feeding...
One of these girls crawled up into B's netting and he received his second sting of the season. Last year, he didn't get stung until almost the very end of the season. I wonder if having the two hives next to each other is making them more aggressive?
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