I'm in lower south-east TN and we had a really nice warm day last Saturday. I decided to take some time and check out the inside of my TBH.
I did expect to see a decent population because my other hive must have lost their queen during mid-winter and they all migrated over to my only other hive. So I knew I should be expecting to see a decent number of bees. Boy was I surprised!
This hive looks like it's about to blow up. There was 8 or 9 bars that already looked about 80% covered by capped brood. I saw some brood that was actually hatching out already. Then they had 3 or 4 bars filled with nectar, but very small amount actually capped.
I'm pretty excited about this b/c this was my first year at beekeeping and I'm just now feeling like it was really succesful. We're getting a good cold snap right now through this weekend, but it should really start warming up over the next weeks. Looks like I'll have to start really managing the hive again here soon.
I did expect to see a decent population because my other hive must have lost their queen during mid-winter and they all migrated over to my only other hive. So I knew I should be expecting to see a decent number of bees. Boy was I surprised!
This hive looks like it's about to blow up. There was 8 or 9 bars that already looked about 80% covered by capped brood. I saw some brood that was actually hatching out already. Then they had 3 or 4 bars filled with nectar, but very small amount actually capped.
I'm pretty excited about this b/c this was my first year at beekeeping and I'm just now feeling like it was really succesful. We're getting a good cold snap right now through this weekend, but it should really start warming up over the next weeks. Looks like I'll have to start really managing the hive again here soon.