Doug Shaw had made arrangements for us to get new nucs to replace the hives that had either died or needed to be replaced. Two became available today. At first, I was just going to let him take both of them because Kathy is still in the hospital and I felt my priorities were there. But, she needs rest more than me, so I called him this morning as he was driving to Larry Tate's to get them and told him I would take one.
I cleaned out the old hive and selected four reasonable brood frames, but them got a new hive body to put the frames in. They were very gentle. Neither of us saw the queen, so I need to go in next weekend and take a look to see if there is evidence of her laying eggs.
Kathy's little dog seems to really like bees.
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