Q & A

Hello, I am a first year bee keeper with two hives. One hive is doing very well, but the other isn't growing much. A new queen was installed with the nuc as the queen that came with the nuc was dead in the box. There seemed to be a supercedure of that queen and I found the new queen, but only a cell with one egg and a cell with two eggs in the same cell. I'll check again in a week. If there is no improvement, would you suggest getting a new queen and pinching the current queen? I've attached a photo where you can see one egg three cells over from the queen.

Also, I am feeding both hives 1:1 sugar water. That seems to have drawn a lot of small ants. Any suggestions for dealing with the ants? I have attached a photo so you can see my setup.

Thanks for your help!