Well, inspected the hives today. They died off. damn it
Some notes/observations:
Swarm hive:
- 2 mediums, closed bottom board
- put on winter cover back in nov?
- inside was wet, dripping honey from non sealed cells
- bees dead, soft and turning moldy.
- lots of partially filled in comb and open cells
- bees mostly on bottom board, not enough to keep hive warm i expect
Package hive:
- deep on bottom, 2 mediums on top
- put on winter cover back in nov?
- open board bottom
- hive drier, not as much moisture
- deep was mostly empty, very little drawn comb
- medium box had brood come and some honey
- top box had some full frames and partial frames since I do 1/2 comb guide and half (on the sides) of empty space
- bees all clumped together on 3 frames (one side, both sides, one side) in top box
- no honey nearby, but honey was at end of frame, so they starved
- lots of bees head first in cells
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