I met Lorie through the Austin Urban Beekeeper Meetup Group, and she just started several hives this season. I think she has a great video of installing packages under the watchful eye of another fellow local beek, Jim Hogg.
She will be blogging about her experiences, and you can follow along here.
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It just hit me last night that queens take 16 not 21 days to develop. I was initially thinking that this Saturday or Sunday would be the day for the new queen to emerge but it is most likely today if not yesterday. This weekend’s inspection is going to be an adventure.
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After last week’s speculation on whether or not Ramona’s hive was building a supersedure cell, there is no doubt whatsoever what the picture below is.
Interestingly enough, I found Ramona on the next frame over on a good section of capped brood.
I did observe while Ramona was walking around on the frame that her front right leg appears damaged so she only has 5 functioning legs. I’m not sure if she came like this or had an accident during the installation. In either case, I’m just going to let things play out. She is still able to lay as I saw plenty of eggs on frames so we’ll see what happens.
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Urban Beekeeping in Austin, Texas 