Made it to the outyard, all 4 hives were alive, no hive was pissy mad. Maybe last visit, the queenless hive was the issue. Since two hives were given queencells just in case, i didn’t go thru hives.
Hives had some small amount of nectar coming in. Noted the far left hive had built out 2 frames of a super. Nectar flow light, this feed is insurance. No Indian Blanket blooming, nor anything but pronghorn milkweed. I won’t speculate beyond that. I can hope for mesquite, can’t I?
Just fed. Big ones got 2g, small ones got 1g. Retired a UV damaged pail as they only seem to last a season. Deployed a black pail which should last 3-4 years. All 3 swarm traps empty.
Counted 7 deeps and estimated 7 mediums.
Note to self, found a tick on me after returning. Also, I added 1 more swarm trap to N Field at Lockhart lease. So that makes 3 at Lockhart, 3 at Liberty Hill, 4 at home, 2 on street for a total of 12. Average catch is 25% so maybe 3 this year..
