Well a week later after working on our driveway road, which included cutting down about a 100 trees with at least 20 or so mature hard maples.
I checked on my bees when I got back, I could not tell if there were eggs and I didnt see the queen. There was new comb although they didnt seem to be making it on the foundation. Still only 3 frames worth of bees, the frames with lots of bees and comb was significatly heavier. I tried videotaping it but none of the video or pictures came out, since I was counting on this I did not look closely visually. The next day I tried again with a better video camera and had success at spotting the queen. Still cant tell if there were eggs but Im sure I just cant see them. I moved the bee box into my apple orchard which I think will be a good spot for them now. The bees don't seem to bother with the feeder on top so I put it right in front of the entrance and now some bees come although there is a 3:1 wasp to bee ratio visiting it.
Will the new eggs that hatch be winter bees or still the normal summer foraging type? The weather here has been the worst in memory as far as summers go, we usually enjoy an indian summer in september but I think this year it will likely be an early autumn.
2019- RO
2018- 25 taps made 8 gal syrup.
2017- 25 taps -built a 2x3 flat pan, and a fuel tank arch for it. 335 gal 7.34gal syrup.
2016- 15 taps, 4.3gal syrup boiling on cinderblock arch 3 roasting pans, 1 redneck trash can with a pot, and a turkey fryer.
2015- 4 taps 44 gals of sap made 2.25 gal of lite syrup.