From: "Philosophios" <philosophios@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 16:26:50 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Sugar syrup and starting hives

> I take it this is a new hive you just put together? How many honey stores
> were amassed in numbers of frames?

Reply: Yes this is a new hive. There was one frame that was solid honey
and the other two were brood with honey around the brood.

> Is the colony being robbed by other bees? Are there dead bees on the
bottom
> of the hive or in the front?

Reply:

I don't think that it is being attacked by other bees. There are only a few
dead bees on the bottom of the hive.

> Can you tell whether you have a new or old queen with frayed wings? Is the
> queen laying at all? Is there any pollen coming in or stored in the
frames?
> Did the bees have to draw out new combs or were the combs already drawn?

Reply:

The queen seems to be new, and she is laying but not very much right now.
There are only small amounts of pollen in the frames, but I don't see it
coming in the way it used to be. Most of the frames were already drawn.
But they drew one side of one out a week ago during the storage phase.