new beehive

Going into winter I had a hive of two deeps with the nest contained in the lower one of the two. The upper had ~5 frames with old comb in it and the rest were empty frames. Yesterday when I checked the hive, the nest had expanded into the upper box, new comb had been drawn on much of the outer...

Ok - first post here so try not to pull out your stingers... New Hives; new foundation; new bees; new keeper; attending classes; looking for a mentor - I have two 10 frame deep hives that I have set up on 34 acres (alfalfa; soybeans; corn; wildflowers; etc all around for 15 mi radius)...

Hey everyone. In the process of moving from Virginia to PA. I started beekeeping about 3 years ago. But when I had my bees in the past when living in VA, I was 2.5 hours away from them. It did not work out. So I bought a house in PA with a couple acres. I will have bees in my backyard now. I...

I received my first two bee packages yesterday and successfully put them in the two hives I had planned for them. Everything seemed to go great, then I noticed that many of the bees were going in and out of two other empty hives I had open for the next bees to arrive on the 27th. I checked...

I'm looking to become a beekeeper come next spring so I've started getting ready. I plan on it being a ten frame hive. Any comments or critiques are very welcome :). Here's what I'm going to buy: OHIO BEE BOX: Double Deep Hive Kit --135 (Should I get screened BB or solid? I live in North East)...

A colony of bees that has been living in an abandoned compost box on the side of my house has swarmed today. They settled into a nearby tree on my property. I'm very excited as I have been wanting to get into beekeeping for a while and today I have my chance! I have a couple of hives that I set...

First time bee-haver here. We've got Italians, started mid-May from a package (foundation-less) and we've been feeding since the start. The bees are now in two mediums, with only a single frame undrawn in the top box. Given the time of year, should we be adding the third medium and continue...

Hello everyone, I'm new to beekeeping. I have 2 hives in my yard, one is doing very well, on the 5th frame of drawn comb (I used starter strips), larva at different stages, everything "looks normal" all since April 27th. The hive next to it has only 1/2 frame of comb, and nothing really...

So today I did the first thorough check on my new hive (8-frame deep with plastic foundation) that I installed a three pound package into on 3/21/2015 and thought I would share some picture with you folks. The brood section was on both sides of one frame and one side of another. It looked like...

Hi all, I am new to beekeeping and just installed my first three packages this past Saturday. On Sunday one of the hives had very little activity going on compared to the other two. They had been acting different than the other two packages to start out with. While I was there I opened the...

I didn't want to post this in the TBH section, because it also suggests "Natural" beekeeping, and frames are a no-no. I haven't been around a hive yet, and am just trying to soak in information and ask my silly questions before starting one up next year. Please understand that I know very...

I'm a new bee keeper, so this may be a pretty elementary question, but I'm a bit puzzled. Today, I inspected my hive and it looked pretty healthy and has progressed from the last inspection. The previous inspection was a little over two weeks ago and at that time I observed lots of brood at...

Hi all, My wife and I just bought our first nuc and installed the four frames in our Langstroth hive (single super at the moment) yesterday. We are very excited to start keeping bees! I am really anxious to see how the girls do this first year - I am already feeling very attached :) Our...

Hello everyone, This is my first year as a beekeeper and so far I love it. However, I am having trouble determining if my queen is present or not and was hoping someone could help me out. Ok, I hived my bees a little over 3 weeks ago. However, due to my inexperience and excitement when...

Hi all! I installed a package and queen into my first TBH 10 days ago. This is my first hive and am very much a begginer. I inspected the hive today and see they have built comb on bars 1-11. I found the Queen on Bar 2 but wasn't able to spot any brood. On Bar 1, I found only a few cells with...

Hello all, I'm a first year beekeeper and just installed my first hive of bees into a brand new hive in my backyard a few weeks ago. Everything has been going great: The queen was accepted, the bees have been foraging, and there have been pollen, eggs, larva, and capped brood located on about...