Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Aug 29,2011
Flip flopped the deep boxes on the old hive and added a gallon of syrup to each of the top feeders.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
August 18, 2011
Well, I managed to leave both hives alone for several weeks, so it was now time to check them out and see what's going on.
I first opened the old hive and things were a little disappointing. No activity in the 'honey super'! Guess that was wishful thinking. The 'upper deep' had real good build out of brood and honey in 6 or 7 frames. The 'lower deep' had a little honey build out and no capped brood. I assume the queen has only been laying in the 'upper deep' recently. Hopefully she'll soon move to the lower and start laying there. I put everything back together on the hive minus the 'honey super'. I also added the top feeder to the hive. I'll mix up some syrup tomorrow to start the fall feeding.
I next opened the new hive and it was also a little disappointing. The 'upper deep' really didn't have much activity other then some comb build out. I was expecting to see more honey. The 'lower deep' had pretty good brood and honey build out on 6 or 7 frames. And...for the first time on my own....I found the queen! Put everything back together and added a top feeder to the hive.
I first opened the old hive and things were a little disappointing. No activity in the 'honey super'! Guess that was wishful thinking. The 'upper deep' had real good build out of brood and honey in 6 or 7 frames. The 'lower deep' had a little honey build out and no capped brood. I assume the queen has only been laying in the 'upper deep' recently. Hopefully she'll soon move to the lower and start laying there. I put everything back together on the hive minus the 'honey super'. I also added the top feeder to the hive. I'll mix up some syrup tomorrow to start the fall feeding.
I next opened the new hive and it was also a little disappointing. The 'upper deep' really didn't have much activity other then some comb build out. I was expecting to see more honey. The 'lower deep' had pretty good brood and honey build out on 6 or 7 frames. And...for the first time on my own....I found the queen! Put everything back together and added a top feeder to the hive.
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