Christmas Presents for the Bees
Merry Christmas, bees.
Queen Xanthe’s hive now has an insulating cork sleeve around the brood box, and a sugar board above it. And the second sugar board will be ready to go on Queen Uma’s hive tomorrow.
New cork sleeve installed today on Queen Uma’s hive. The hive has an extra brood box on top to raise the roof above the top of the cork - a shorter box would be better so I’ll swap it out - or I might rest the roof directly on the cork sleeve.
Sugarboards in progress.