I went out to check on the bees today and give Crosby a new jar of sugar syrup. Both hives were busy; it was a sunny day with just a few clouds so the bees were out taking advantage of the good weather. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow and it poured last night. I watched Crosby for a little bit and then turned to find out what Ovechkin was up to.
I noticed there were many drones flying in and out. I’m assuming that this means one of the queens has hatched and went on her mating flight. There were still a lot of workers up in the top super and the comb is being built right up against the inner cover. Dave says there were a bunch of bees flying around last week on one of the nicer days. I’m hoping it was just because it was nice out after so much rainy weather. This has definitely been quite an experience. I’ve reached the end of my semester at school – congrats to everyone in my group. We worked really hard and now we have a short break before the August semester starts. Also -- many thanks to my advisor, Tatiana. She has put up with my many projects for the last year and given me excellent gardening advice!
As for the garden, I had my biggest strawberry harvest today (see pic above) and my potatoes are growing like crazy. Still no sign of the corn or the pumpkins, but I think they’ll be sprouting up in the next week or so. They certainly have had a lot of rain.
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