I installed two nucs on May 29 and today is 24 days. I had expected to begin seeing some growth in the hives by now, but as of yesterday they have only drawn out 1-2 frames. Plenty of eggs and open and sealed larva, just no new comb for the most part. The colony size has not increased as I had expected either.
Are my expectations wrong? Nuc comes with sealed brood, eggs, queen etc. so the bee math is that there are emerging workers from day 1? If this is a true statement, the colony should begin increasing almost immediately, Yes? And at the very least, it should be drawing comb when those first emerging workers begin foraging, 21 days later or right now.
What other variable am I not thinking of?
Are my expectations wrong? Nuc comes with sealed brood, eggs, queen etc. so the bee math is that there are emerging workers from day 1? If this is a true statement, the colony should begin increasing almost immediately, Yes? And at the very least, it should be drawing comb when those first emerging workers begin foraging, 21 days later or right now.
What other variable am I not thinking of?