What We Did

• All hives received Formic Pro with two strips.
• We will reopen in two weeks.
• Completed equipment cleanup: cleaned boxes, discarded old frames, and confirmed our mothball storage approach from last September was ineffective.

Hive Notes

R1H1

• Received a top box from R2H1.
• Queen-right.

R1H2

• Given a top box of empty frames.
• Queen-right.

R2H1

• Confirmed queenless with worker eggs and drone brood.
• Combined with R1H1.

R2H2

• Split from R1H2.
• Cut out excessive queen cells and left one frame with four good cells.

R3H1

• Worked through the emergency Demaree setup and confirmed there was no queen.
• It does not appear to have swarmed, so this was likely from my emergency Demaree move.
• Cut excess queen cells and left two frames with five good cells total.
• Combined the two brood boxes and removed supers.

R3H1 (Split from R1H2)

• Cut out excessive queen cells and left two good candidates on one frame.