[allan]

I hived a package may 1 and now it june 1 they have only draw out 3 frame should I be concern ?

 

[Needo]

1.(not really important, just curiosity)How big are your frames?
2.Are you feeding?
3.(very important)Do you see signs of having a queen?
4.What breed of bees do you have?

This is my first year keeping. My gut says that you don't have a queen. I'm hoping someone else comes in with some advise.

 

[allan]

1. they are deep frames
2. yes I'm feeding
3. I have a queen and she is laying
4. Italian bees

 

[Zbee]

Bees will only build enough comb that they can support and tend to. Flows or feeding will encourage comb building, but the real driver is more bees. When you get a good generation of brood to emerge and join the ranks, comb development will take off to support the added population and future generations. I noticed with my hives it was good steady progress at first, nothing extraordinary. Once a couple cycles of brood emerged and the flow was on, they built frames like gangbusters. I had a medium hive body full of foundationless frames built out in about 2-3 weeks after the first box was full.

Lets let them do what they do best.

 

[Ddawg]

I hived a package may 1 and now it june 1 they have only draw out 3 frame should I be concern ?

A month into it and your seeing decent brood, i wouldn't be to overly concerned. I live in NW Georgia and my bees are moving along nicely, but they really take off in June (from a Flow standpoint).

Good luck

 

[allan]

Thanks to everyone for the advice