5/28/06

Checking hive #2 doing great moved last empty frame in... Got to get to work on new deep super for hive #2. 5/29/06 finished deep super for Hive #2...

Adding new super on Hive #1

Week 5 Open the hive and check progress. Sometime during this week you should have at least 8 frames that are drawn or at least have bees working on them. If this is so, then it is time to add a second hive body. Make sure that you have 10 frames with foundation in the second hive body. Pull one of the center frames out and place a frame of drawn comb with bees from the first hive body into the empty space of the second hive body. Put the frame of foundation into the first hive body, placing it next to the brood nest. Bringing a frame of bees into the second hive body will encourage the bees to start working in that body.

Checking Hive #1

Time to move drawn frames outward.

The bees are doing great.

Hive#1 is almost full with each frame holding about 7000 bees. Now times that by 10 frames you got it about 70,000 bees in this hive alone. We will be adding new deep super in about 1 or 2 weeks.

Hive #2 has about 6 of the 10 frames drawn and I am moving the drawn frames to the out side of the hive this will encourage the bees to work on the whole hive not just the center.

Please note I am only moving drawn frame not the brood frame. Brood frame is capped cells with baby bees if you move this it could chill them and this would not be good.

Hive getting strong keep feeding...

New Hive #1

New Bees Have arrived.

Got 2 new nucs April 27, 2006 One is very strong and the other a little weaker but doing nicely.