All three colonies over-wintered but with varying strength. Last year's strongest colony is doing very well with the queen laying on 3 brood combs. The second colony is of average strength and I have noticed a few bees suffering from Deformed Wing Virus. This is as a result of varroa infestation. I will treat this colony with thymol. The third colony was quite weak so a frame of brood was moved from the strongest colony into this one to add strength.
Two hives were moved two hives to a field about half a mile away. Covered the entrances with grass so as to confuse the flying bees and get them used to their new location. Some still returned to their original spot.
OSR is in the adjacent field and will flower in the next week or two.
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