My two hives are -not- next to each other. They were VERY difficult to establish and one has been especially stubborn. For two weeks, one of them one never even register that it had adequate flowers, even though it had 2 poppies, 1 campion, and some other plant near it, it would never give the yellow + it was always blank. SO FRUSTRATING! Then the other one was Yellow + water and Yellow + flowers, no problem and it was set up the same freaking way on the other side of my patio. It doesn't seem right that two hives set up the same way wouldn't flower and water check the same.Anyway, now they're both showing GREEN + water and GREEN + flower. What does that mean?
Do they have too many flowers and too much water? Do I need to remove some flowers? Do they need more? They have 3 flowers each poppies and campion. If I have less than that, the second hive would never register a flower check. Also, I have a trough about 3 squares from the hives, is that too close?
Is it a potion check for health or strength?
I have asked on chat several times what these symbols mean. No one knows. I get told to check the wiki. It's not there. If it was, I wouldn't keep trying to find someone who knows something about beekeeping and what the heck is wrong with my bees. According to the wiki, a green plus means population growth but my hives are thriving at 100k, so there's no more growth they can do.
