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Can someone please tell me what this is called?

http://youtu.be/-MridO-zJiQ

OK is did a inspection today to sees how my bees were doing on the second brood box. When I checked it they had drawn out frames 1 and 8 and have started to store honey in them as well. I added the...

I have yet to find my queen after 5 weeks however, my hive seems to be queen right. They are working and bit aggressive and I see new brood and hatched brood cells as well. My population have grown...

My goal is to not get stung! I always use a full suit and never go into the hive with out it.

No part...I am all about letting the bees be bees.

Today I removed the top feeder and when checking the second brood super I noticed that they were almost finished building the 4th frame. I also noticed that they were storing sugar water in some...

So you are saying to remove the feeder now or wait until they get the comb build out in the brude chamber (3 medium supers)?

I have the same setup and about the same dates. I did a 1 week check on the second super this past weekend 5/12 and they are building on the 3 center frames and have not touched the outer frames. It...

No that is my first two week check. I'll take a photo this weekend when I go back into the hive.

Thanks for all the information. Since my whole theory here is to let the bees be bees and not inter-fear into their natural behavior as much as possible, I have decided to not remove this sell. As...

THe queen cell is on the face of the comb at the top of the frame. By brude pattern is good and there is a good bit of it in the lower super. These photos are from my week two check there was a good...

OK I installed my package three weeks ago and I have done a check a week since they have been installed. I have yet to see the queen however, I do see brude, pollen, and honey cells in the bottom...

I have a new hive started with medium 8 frame supers and I installed 4.9 bees. After 2 weeks here is what I have. This hive is in my backyard and I live in a subdivision with a lot of decrative...

Hello to all - I have been lurking here for about a year and finally signed up. A friend and I keep three hives in Louisville Kentucky are slowly growing more.

In Louisville KY.
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