I have so many bees in my hive with the blue cover! SO many! They are producing honey but I feel they are about 4 weeks behind schedule. The weather we have been having this year is throwing everything off. I'm not sure if I will extract this year. I may only extract 4 frames or so. I really want my bees to survive the winter so they can come back strong next year!
My silver covered hive doesn't have very many bees at all. They aren't producing very much honey and I do not expect to extract any from that hive. I do not expect that hive to survive the winter. The laying pattern of the queen is very odd. She is laying a really nice pattern in ONE frame. Only ONE. The other frames are very sporadic and very bare. The bees are confused and their buzz is panicked. I made sure to find the queen yesterday. She's present. She's huge. Not sure if I should squish her or if I should leave them be and seal their own fate.
Kind of a depressing year. I've had worse. The weather has been very mild. It is the middle of August right now and the temps are in the 70s - 60's in the morning. It would be a lot better if they were in the high 80s or 90s. My main goal is to keep at least one hive over the winter.
Hoping for HOT weather in the months to come!
