We have had the bees for 3 weeks now. A couple of days ago very warm weather moved in--like mid 80's--and the bees were very, very active. Taking advantage of them all out working, we dressed up and got the smoker going for a "grand inspection!"
The Rule of Thumb: when the bees start working on frame 8, add the next super.
We waxed the next 20 frames and got 2 deep supers ready for the hives. The next day, (when the bees were out working and which happens to fit our lunch time!), we added a deep super to each hive. We are also slowing down the sugar syrup feeding as the bees are finding food on their own, which is a good thing!
Two supers deep -- all done for the day!
where is the picture of hives with supers? also, picture of empty queen cell if you have one
ReplyDeleteHello! I have had problems uploading some pictures. The picture of the 2 hives with 2 deep supers is near the bottom of the posting. I am new to beekeeping and so purchased the queens, so I don't have a pic of an empty queen cell.
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