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(updated 2021-08-28)
Another feed today, with the proper inspection planned for tomorrow. If bees are producing honey, people tell me, then they are happy. Ours have taken over a litre of syrup since Wednesday. There were still about fifty of them in the feeder trying to get at the little dry sugar that was at the bottom. I had to pour the syrup in slowly to give the crowd time to back up out of the way.
It seems that given their consumption levels of the sugar, I should be making and taking them food every other day right now. This is a good sign.
For those interested in the asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), the Washington State Department of Agriculture⁽ᵃ⁾ recently tackled a nest⁽ᵇ⁾ in the base of a dead alder tree, using a specialised vaccum, thermal imaging, nets and other equipment. From the video they publish on YouTube, you can see the larvae in the comb⁽ᶜ⁾ as well as hornets entering and leaving a nest⁽ᵈ⁾ from the week before.
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