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This is my second year to bee keeping and my hive is extremely weak! I live in an area where there is hardly any flowers, I saw ants stealing brood from my hive, and it seems to have been over run by earwigs. I moved my bees to my dad's house in Denver in hopes for a better chance at finding food and it seems to be working but I did an inspection today and it was very sad. There isn't a single frame even close to being drawn out, I can't find any eggs, there's only some drone comb, there were ants, and ear wigs have completely taken over the lower deep. The bees and the queen won't even go into the lower deep!
Speaking of queen, I also have 2 queens in one hive! I did an inspection the week before I moved the bees and thought my old queen had been replaced. I did another really quick inspection a few days after I moved the bees to Denver and found my old queen and the new queen side by side on the same frame! Is this normal?
During today's inspection we added a hive stand with legs in oil and rid the hive of all earwigs and ants. I confirmed both queens were still alive. Unfortunately there were hardly any bees
there were more earwigs than bees and all of my bees could've easily fit on one frame. They seem to have enough honey for themselves right now even though it isn't a lot.
What can I do to help my bees become stronger? (I only have one colony so I can't combine with another) or are they doomed?
Speaking of queen, I also have 2 queens in one hive! I did an inspection the week before I moved the bees and thought my old queen had been replaced. I did another really quick inspection a few days after I moved the bees to Denver and found my old queen and the new queen side by side on the same frame! Is this normal?
During today's inspection we added a hive stand with legs in oil and rid the hive of all earwigs and ants. I confirmed both queens were still alive. Unfortunately there were hardly any bees
What can I do to help my bees become stronger? (I only have one colony so I can't combine with another) or are they doomed?