Environmental Notes

• Tulip poplar is in bloom.
• That marks the start of our honey flow, with everything else cascading afterward.

Notes from Last Time

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.

+----------------------------------+
| R3: [r3h3] [r3h2] [r3h1]         |
| R2:        [r2h2] [r2h1]         |
| R1: [r1h3] [r1h2] [r1h1]         |
|                           GATE > |
+----------------------------------+

What We Did

R1H1

• Demaree split, placed with two supers.

R1H2

• Demaree split, placed with two supers.

R2H2

• Given a 2-deep, queen-right setup.
• Potential candidate for a Demaree in a few weeks.

R3H1

• Think I missed the queen before.
• Found 8 brood frames and split into a Demaree.

R3H1

• Could not find a queen, possibly out on a mating flight.
• Given an open brood frame; will continue to monitor.