Brood Picture

[newbee 101]

Capped and uncapped Brood. Hived April 9, Minnesota Hygenics

http://www.acmepainting.com/brood13.jpg
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http://www.acmepainting.com/brood15.jpg
Bees at entrance
http://www.acmepainting.com/outfront.jpg
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[dickm]

Very clear pictures. Is that a digital camera? The burr comb on the bottom of the frame means they want a super, I think. There's a lot of empty cells in the middle of the pattern. It may be just a new queen getting organized or some of the brood may be getting eaten by the nurses for some reason. I'd watch the pattern, over time, and compare to other hives. I just looked at the 2nd pix. That one looks a lot better. Are these from the same hive?

Dickm

[power napper]

Good job, nice photos.

[SilverFox]

Also saw your Queen-Second picture right half in the center. Fat and happy??

[newbee 101]

Good eye silver fox, I think she is to the left though. I just realized you can realy blow these photos up large. Lots of detail... Dickm, the frames are from the same hive, 2 diff. frames. I added another photo,(brood15) you can see that there is brood in the open cells, lots of them.
The camera was a birthday present from the wife, a moderately priced Kodak.

[artic]

Great pictures newbee…

As long as everyone is looking at brood and frames would any one mind analyzing pictures of mine? I just hived a Nuc with a fairly new Russian queen, I fear my brood pattern may be a bit spotty. It has been about two weeks and they have only been working on the original four combs, I figured the queen may simply be laying as space becomes available, hence the odd pattern.

My Hive inspection pictures (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rheone/album?.dir=24ec&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rheone/my_photos) complements of yahoo.

[KyBee]

Great pix and thanks for posting. You may have just saved me a worry-induced heart attack.

We just went into the hives late this afternoon and pulled frames and looked for brood for the first time since April 21, which is when we saw the first eggs. Queens had been released for only two days at that point. I was freaking today, thinking there was no capped brood, only capped honey. The frames I've seen in classes and at other beekeepers' bee yards have been kinda brown and fuzzy for the brood, and smoother and lighter for honey.

All the cappings today in my hives were very light yellow and I thought it was honey, but looking at your pics, it must be brood. Is the capped brood just lighter on new wax?

It was hard to see that oval-ish pattern because the frames were so covered with bees, so I was just not sure.

We saw queens in both the package hives, but not in the swarm we hived day before yesterday.

[AstroBee]

newbee 101,

Great shots! Thanks for posting them.

artic:

I'm probably not an expert on brood patterns, but I don't think you have any major concerns. I do have a question about your queen. On slide number 7 it appears that she has a green paint dot. Green (assuming your breeder adheres to the standard) would indicate a 2004 queen. Is this true - not a major issue just curious.

[artic]

AstroBee
The queen’s marking is actually closer to a turquoise/blue than a green under proper light. I was a bit wary of it too, but the guy who sold me the Nuc reassured me that that color is the breeders blue, and she was a queen from this year. The guy that sold me the Nuc is also the president of the local beekeeping association, so I’ll take his word on the subject.

[Hillbillynursery]

Yes a new package with new foundation brood combs will over time darken and the cappings will darken over time as the bees reuse bits of wax and cappings. I had some new foundationless frames pulled out yesterday that had nearly snow white cappings on the brood. Once you actually have some capped honey in the same type/age combs to compare you will notice the difference.

[KyBee]

Hillbillynursery:

Thanks. I appreciate that reassurance. I was still a little worried.
1-1/2 frames are almost solid with it except the edges. Just a cell here and there without anything in it. Another reason it looked like honey. It's just almost solid. I'm thinking that on brand new wax the pattern will be more solid the first go-round because there is no "staggering" going on in the nest. No uncapped in the middle of the pattern where old ones have hatched, etc. Is this thinking correct?

I think it's brood. I guess I should know in a day or two. If I had queen release on April 18th or 19th, I should be having a hatch about now shouldn't I? Even on small cell I don't think it could happen before today. We saw first eggs on the 21st of April, but there could have been some the same day she was released I suppose. I was looking at all that capped stuff and thinking, 'if this is honey and there's no brood here, we have a problem.'

THanks again

[SilverFox]

:rolleyes: Your right she's on the left=====Knew what I ment, but sometimes the right side of my pea-brain thinks it is on the left, and visa-versa, I just knew I saw her. Be glad you don't have follow directions to my house :eek:
Must be the delexia kicking in. ;)