I have 6 Roma tomato plants, and they aren't growing up very much, they just feel like they are filling out and are very squatty to me.
I am getting fruit on them, but I'm worried the fruit is going to end up all resting on the ground because of the height. Anything I should be doing to promote taller growth?
A few times I have had an almost ripe strawberry in the evening and the next morning it's eaten. This one was only partially gone.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I am a second year beekeeper in Northern Utah, USA. I successfully overwintered my bees (1 hive) and they looked pretty healthy (but not super strong) in March and April. I was going to split them but was waiting for a few late storms to pass since they weren't exploding. But they got way weaker in early May, and now there are maybe ~400 bees when I check the hive, the marked queen is gone (and I don't see an unmarked one).
There are also several dead bees that are partially in cells. I treated for mites with Oxalic acid this past fall and then after a mite count check in April (2 mites from my wash), I treated with Apivar. I pulled the strips a few weeks ago.
There are a couple of what I think are queen cells in the middle of frames, and I think the workers are laying (I'm still seeing eggs in cells when I check). One of them (first picture) seems to have been eaten/opened up. I still have multiple frames of honey in the hive as well. I opened another that was partially smashed and it looks like it had royal jelly in it.
Did I kill them with the mite treatment?
Did they swarm and I missed it?
Is it something else I should be worried about?
Any insight/thoughts are welcome! I am assuming that this hive is done, but with the queen cell (?) wanted to check to see if I should be doing anything.