Ok I know the point of a Warre hive is to keep it closed and not let the heat out but I'm a beginner and I wanted to see if there are larvae developing - i.e. are my queens healthy and productive?
And yes! They are!! It was so cool to look at the different stages of larvae development. My photos were blurry so this is what they looked like:
Tomorrow is day 21 - so new bees will start to emerge next week. 21 days from egg to bee :)
I pulled up the quilts and pulled a frame/comb from each box to look at them, it was SO neat - the bees just climb all over and don't do anything to me. I checked how much pollen was left in the patties and they were nearly gone. So I put new pollen packs on top of the bars of the bottom box, that way I don't have to open the hive to replenish the pollen next time. I can just slide off the top box and put new pollen on. The quilts have some mold on them - probably from the moisture from the pollen packs and the sugar syrup.
The feeders were ok so I did not fill them yet - I just filled them on May 6th.
Here's the second video:
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