Hello from Vermont USA

[JeremyD]

Hello all. Thanks for a great website. It's a real hive of knowledge & has been a great help to start me off in beekeeping. This is my first attempt at beekeeping & I'm using a KTBH.

I have installed a bee package 4 days ago in my KTBH & I'm a little concerned as to the bees activity. I know it is late in the season for new bees but the package was given to me for free from one of my customers. I have been observing them closely over the past 4 days & most of their behavior seems normal from what I read. Flying in curcles, feeding on sugar syrup, fanning the hive entrance, emptying out dead bees & other debris. The pressing concern I do have is they haven't started foraging for nector or pollin.
I read also that the young girls need a combination of sugar syrup/honey/nector in order to produce wax, which in a KTBH is needed more so than a Langs. I supplied the first two to give them as much of a chance as possable. I've been checking flowers for signs of honey bees but haven't see any on the flowers yet.

I inspected the hive last night from underneath & the cluster was towards the back & on one side & I could see no wax comb on any of the bars.
Should I be concernd or is it early days yet?

[AmericasBeekeeper]

Welcome Jeremy! Still too early to expect much, they will get rolling soon!

[sammyjay]

Welcome to Beesource!

[Adam Foster Collins]

Hey there Jeremy,

I went to High School in Cabot, Vermont. My Dad lives in Hyde Park (between Morrisville and Johnson). He keeps bees too. Welcome.

Adam

[JeremyD]

Hi All,
Thanks for the replies. My bee have started. I had a quick look the other night & saw 5 or 6 combs being drawn out. They are in the right direction to, which is a bonus.

Adam, I live just down the road a bit from your Dad, in Jeffersonville.