It really is amazing watching all the different color pollens coming in and your right its difficult to tell which plants, trees or bushes the pollen is coming from. I always wanted to plant Siberian Squill and see if the bees bring in the beautiful blue pollen.These are just a few of my observations that I wanted to share. Iām going in my hive this Saturday to check progress, decide about adding a box and do a mite treatment. Lord willing, there should be a thriving colony waiting to be inspected.
You wont see much change after 11 days but its good to see if there's eggs. A cheap simple mite treatment is oxalic acid dribble before they have capped brood. You can do that now. Add a second box if they have at least 7 to 8 frames drawn out. Otherwise dont, you dont want to give them to much room. It seems to slow them down. Good luck with the inspection and post a photo of the center brood frame.