Have not measured, this was a swarm we captured in early June, so this bar (when not fully built) probably had a small portion of brood already through it. But they're getting into their second big "hatch" so you are probably correct for the most part. They came from a few year old colony in a tree. I do want to compare cell size between our packages and our swarms at some point this year. Just for the heck of it.Nice even age brood. From the wax color, this looks to be the first cohort of brood on the comb.
What is the cell gauge ?
Bar is 20" long 18" inside dimension with modified Les Crowder design. It is only about 7" deep or so.So pretty! It looks like you're using a longer bar, maybe 19" with a 10" depth? I'm thinking of changing the dimensions of my next one.
agree w/ the rest...i would pour gas on the hive and throw a match on it and start over...this hive is a goner!Nice.
I'm a fan too. The latest frames I've put into the hives have no bottom bar(lang deeps)... will see what happens.
It's so easy to make them, you can even make them on the fly while inspecting: ups I need a frame give me 5 minutes. (3 straight wood bars, 2 spacers and that's it;32 mm frame spacing). I usually put them in the middle of the brood nest so I don't get much drone comb.
I've put a couple of swarms we caught this spring from top bar nucs into 10 frame deep Langs. They're building them out nicely, this is a picture from a week or so ago.Nice looking bar. I have been transitioning to FL this year, I use langs. I have only had one instance of crosscombing, other than that I am more than happy. I dont see foundation in my future. G View attachment 12674
This is a first year hive, but we simply couldn't leave it the way it was. We didn't even take 1/10th of what they've got I don't think, and we only took cappings from really thick combs and some smaller areas of goofed up stuff. Flow appears to still be going OK here. Could have used a bit of rain to refresh some of the stuff, but it's been good, I think.Ha! Fixed them indeed! Lovely jars of honey. Is it tasty? Are you pleased?
I wonder if we'll get any honey out of our hives next year. I hope so!
... and, I never do. If you take what is simply very clearly a surplus, and leave a generous supply for them to more-than last through the winter, you can enjoy season upon season of beekeeping, with, really, very little effort. You'll have more than enough truly-delicious honey for your morning-muffins, and for your friends. You'll be surprised at how early they (the bees, that is, not your friends ...) start harvesting, come the earliest signs of spring. When the very-first flowers and clovers start to appear, "there they are.""We didn't even take 1/10th of what they've got, I don't think"
This is not the same exact swarm, but from a swarm caught two days earlier on the exact same fence post. I did not have assistance last night, so I only pulled the one frame that I spaced the broodnest with weeks ago and there was a flow going. Cells look like they are about 5.4mm? Next time I have some help I'm going to do some more looking around/measuring, just out of curiosity. Truthfully, I don't care much. What's interesting to me is how small 4.9mm cells must look.Nice even age brood. From the wax color, this looks to be the first cohort of brood on the comb.
What is the cell gauge ?
:lpf: and i bet you kept steppin...G....Uh oh, I hope your wife doesn't see that photo! I saw one of those funny looking rulers on my wife's sewing machine. She told me to keep walkin'.![]()