A week after my hive was placed I decided to have a peek, Iddee came along to offer moral support and look over my shoulder , making sure I was doing it all the right way.
This is a super strong hive , thanks Mark
The biggest task was to put the frames into varnished boxes , as I had nothing ready when the call came. So I would be handling every frame during this opening and moving them into new wooden ware. Deeps looked good with 7 fully drawn out, Mark had used plastic foundation on his deeps, the outer frames were not yet drawn, so we also changed the hive opening to make the bees work the eastern side a bit more.
First super had lots of brood including done cells, good honey stores too, my wife who was watching from a distance asked Iddee when can we get honey, so he pulled a full frame and said NOW.
Found the queen on the upper super, lots of eggs and larvae and capped brood.
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| Great Brood (the brown capped cells) |
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| Busy entrance , now on RHS , few lost bees on LHS |
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| Watering hole |
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| Apple blossoms |
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| Cherry Blossoms |
Fun being a new beekeeper.
A week after my hive was placed I decided to have a peek, Iddee came along to offer moral support and look over my shoulder , making sure I was doing it all the right way.
The biggest task was to put the frames into varnished boxes , as I had nothing ready when the call came. So I would be handling every frame during this opening and moving them into new wooden ware. Deeps looked good with 7 fully drawn out, Mark had used plastic foundation on his deeps, the outer frames were not yet drawn, so we also changed the hive opening to make the bees work the eastern side a bit more.
