W.H.A.T.
We noticed the sugar water we were feeding was starting to get a little moldy after 2 weeks. The weather for the weekend is supposed to be rainy, windy, and cool so I decided to change it out and inspect both hives today. Continue reading “Week Two New Package Inspection”
The first week has passed since we added the new package bees to our new hives. Our new starter frames have foundation so the bees should have been busy building comb.
Hive Bob bees seemed very productive and happy. Bumblin’ Bee did a 5-6 minute inspection and they were very calm. Frame 6 had 90% comb build up, uncapped honey, pollen, and the queen. It was great to see Continue reading “Week One New Package Inspection”
After re-thinking the installation process from yesterday. I decided to go back into Bob today. I just kept having this bad feeling that I didn’t install the queen cage properly. I watched the video from yesterday’s installation and it still didn’t make me feel any better.
I removed the lid and inner cover and lightly smoked them through the feeder holes. I took off the feed and went straight to frame 6 that I knew had the frame cage. Just as I suspected, there was a problem. It’s not what I had originally expected. Continue reading “Did I Do It Right?”