The nuc hives seem to be doing good. The green one has more pollen coming in, the white one is taking more syrup.
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Some video of the hive entrances. Sunny and 63F/17C. That West hive is less active but those bees have a different schedule than the other two. Seems like a lot less Carniolan types in that hive.
The White nuc that only had 2 frames of bees, brood, and food is consuming food faster than the Green nuc so I upped the size of the feeder. I've been feeding 1:1 syrup of sugar and switched to goldenrod honey today. Small jar had 250g sugar/honey. Big jar is 660g honey.
When I first set the feeder this morning I thought it was leaking because it was bubbling so fast. Checked and it had a ball of bees on it.
A #crochet #wip for two years: #beehive throw requested by a family member.
I have a real love / hate relationship with #GrannySquares and that is why this has sat in my "To Do" bin unassembled.
All that is left is to crochet a few bees and attach. But, that will have to wait until Gracie's nap is over. 
Busy bees, April 4, 2025. Pollen going in and I see some drones at the Center hive. The hybrid willows are blooming and full of bees, and the Norway Maples, sarvis berries, peaches, and plum will be blooming in a few days probably.
A short video of the bees bringing in the pollen today. Lots and lots of pollen.
Put a feeder on my Center hive yesterday with 2:1 syrup. Less than 20 hours and more than a third appears to be gone. This was the high population hive that felt light. Consecutive rainy days forecast and not much to forage on.
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For #WorldHoneyBeeDay 
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#Beehive with Blackberry Branches (Cheese Stand)
Minton & Co., design registered 1862
glazed earthenware (majolica)
(Photographed at the Majolica Mania exhibition the Walters Art Museum in 2022.)
Yesterday I did move a frame almost full of capped brood, honey, pollen, and bees into the 'empty' hive.
This morning there were guard bees doing their thing and really checking over any bee that showed up, there was robbing yesterday from the feeder dripping and running out the entrance but nothing serious. I reduced the entrance to make guarding easier and noticed some pollen coming in which was surprising.
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The bees are finding a lot of pollen today, or something pollen like. Only thing with pollen on the property today is some violets and I think that's the orange pollen I see a few bees with.
Bad News: I don't think the #bees made it through the #PolarVortex. 
I even wrapped the #beehive and put a shipping quilt over it for a couple of nights. I don't know why they didn't make it, so I will do a post mortem to try to understand. I guess I better take the frames with #honey out though before a critter or bugs get in there...