Hi all,
I've had my first bees for about a month now and everything seems to be going great. They're building lots of comb and filling it with nectar, bread and babies. Brood has started hatching and it sure looks like it's extra busy inside.
The hive has three 3/4" holes on one end and I've noticed that when foragers are coming back in the late afternoon, it gets kind of hectic outside the entrance. There are easily 50+ bees hovering around excitedly trying to get in. All three holes look filled with bees going and coming.
So, I guess my question is - do they need more entrance space, and if so, is it even feasible to drill more holes now? The first bar is full with brood, so I would obviously need to be extremely careful about drilling too far through the wood. Would it be worth it to suit-up, smoke them, and just go for it slowly?
-josh
I've had my first bees for about a month now and everything seems to be going great. They're building lots of comb and filling it with nectar, bread and babies. Brood has started hatching and it sure looks like it's extra busy inside.
The hive has three 3/4" holes on one end and I've noticed that when foragers are coming back in the late afternoon, it gets kind of hectic outside the entrance. There are easily 50+ bees hovering around excitedly trying to get in. All three holes look filled with bees going and coming.
So, I guess my question is - do they need more entrance space, and if so, is it even feasible to drill more holes now? The first bar is full with brood, so I would obviously need to be extremely careful about drilling too far through the wood. Would it be worth it to suit-up, smoke them, and just go for it slowly?
-josh

