19c today and I must have seen about 20 queen wasps out and about. There were 6 around a little piece of fondant I had dropped beside a hive. I saw several trying to get in a hive and and one was killed by half a dozen guard bees who dragged it off the landing board. I marked two more queens (bees not wasps) and re-marked another whose spot had almost worn off. (couldn't count in last blog entry) One thing I noticed is that most colonies have good pollen stores. ...
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