Environmental Notes

• Clover, dandelions, blackberries, and tulip poplar are still in bloom.
• We are in a stage 2 drought now with no rain in April.

Notes from Last Time

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| R3: [r3h3] [r3h2] [r3h1]         |
| R2:        [r2h2] [r2h1]         |
| R1: [r1h3] [r1h2] [r1h1]         |
|                           GATE > |
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R1H1

• Cleaned up queen cells in the top box.
• Will do a deep dive next week.

R1H2

• Cleaned up queen cells in the top box.
• Will do a deep dive next week.

R2H2

• Will check next week to see if they are close to swarming.
• May perform a Demaree split.

R3H1

• Cleaned up queen cells in the top box.
• Will do a deep dive next week.

R3H1

• Left these ladies alone, possibly queen-right.
• Will check next week.

What We Did

R1H1

• Dived back down into the bottom box, pulled closed brood to the top
• confirmed queen right

R1H2

• Dived back down into the bottom box, pulled closed brood to the top
• Confirmed queen right
• Added a third super and shored up the stand with additonal cinder blocks and bricks

R2H2

• Checkerboarded their top box
• Confirmed queen right

R3H1

• Dived back down into the bottom box, pulled closed brood to the top
• confirmed queen right

R3H1

• Queenless, the single open frame of brood that we gave them had a queen cell on it, will check again in a few weeks