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Thanks Jon. Will they build another cell, or use the one they already started? I live in NC, will it be ok doing it this way, will they have time to get strong before winter?
This is all new to me,...

Ok, upon my two week inspection, found no queen, what looked like multiple eggs per cell, and one queen cell in center of of one frame, but not capped, this would be due to no fertilized eggs,...

New beekeeper? I am and had the same problem when daughter and I went to make sure queen was released, smoked them and got a uproar from one hive. A week later we did a inspection and said, not going...

Thanks for the replays. Yes I am feeding, it just took a few days and then I saw the pollen pouches coming in. I was just unsure about when I should be seeing it.

Thanks for the replays. Yes I am feeding sugar water to them, I was thinking the same thing, that maybe they need a couple of days to draw comb, but just got the new beekeepers jitters I guess.

I see them coming and going, but not seeing and pollen packs on there legs. Should I be worried?

After installing package bees with foundation frame only, how long before you should be seeing bees bringing in pollen? Installed yesterday and a little curious.

Thats what I was thinking, but wasn't sure. I had sent a couple of e mails to a few local mentors, got a nice response from one and hopefuly will be meeting this weekend and will get some tips and...

Ok, looks like its best to buy a 3 pound pack of bees to start, correct? Will that be enough for two hives? My neighbor had two hives last year, but they all died from way moths (?) when I mentioned...

Hey, thanks for the welcome. I live in Franklin county, so not very far from you.

O yea, found link to that site a few days ago, veerrrryyyy interesting. Learning a lot.
Thanks!

New guy from North Carolina. Been thinking about bees for a few years and my step father started keeping bees in wv last year, go, why not. No bees yet, but our local bee association is having a...