This is one of the center frames from the upper box of Hive #1 (survivor colony). They have a bit more honey in the edges of the box, but they are in bad shape regarding reserves and will starve without more honey.
This is brood chamber (lower) from Hive #1. As you can see there is nearly no brood and we saw no larvae and no eggs. This looks like a death sentence for this colony. We put on a pollen patty and will start feeding winter syrup, but it may be too late.
This frame is from the upper box of Hive #2 (feral colony). They seem to have one box full of honey, with a bit more in the middle box. We harvested nothing from this colony this year.
This frame is from the middle box of Hive #2. There was some capped brood, but we saw almost no larvae or eggs.
This frame is the honey stores from the upper chamber of Hive #3 (2009 package colony).
This frame is from the center brood chamber of hive #3. Where is the brood?
Lower level frame from hive #3. No brood, no pollen, no honey.
We put pollen patties on all three hives to try to encourage some new brood, but it looks like it's going to be a tough winter for our bees.
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The same can be said for our two bee hives here in eastern Wyoming. I've been feeding my two hives the last month and have ordered some frame feeders and am hoping the weather warms up enough one of these days after they come so I can put them in. We've had years of drought and when we thought we would pull out of it the grasshoppers came and ate everything in their path. Since there isn't any irrigation in our area the bees have a narrow window to collect food. I hope ours survive the winter. So much for increases numbers next summer. Good luck getting your bees through the winter.
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