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Installed 3-lb pkg April 16; this is my first year of beekeeping. Yesterday did a little inspection. SO many bees now, and a few drones bumbling about (don't think there were any in my package, since these are the first I've seen).
I'm using 8-frame mediums (I'm not strong enough--or tall enough--to handle anything bigger). Box one is full, box two was almost full (7 out of 8 frames drawn), so I put on box three. I still have a fourth body on top of the inner cover for the mason jar of syrup. I'm thinking it's time to quit feeding.
Since most of the books I've read assume the reader is using standard 10-frame deeps, I need some advice about what to do now. Is box 3 a "honey super"? Queen excluder or none? I saw some eggs, larvae, and capped brood in box 2, but mostly open syrup (I'm guessing it's syrup).
I didn't lift any frames out of the bottom box (figured I'd leave well enough alone), then later I panicked, thinking I should've checked for swarm cells or something--at least lift the hive and look under it, right?
Ah, newbee angst.
I'm using 8-frame mediums (I'm not strong enough--or tall enough--to handle anything bigger). Box one is full, box two was almost full (7 out of 8 frames drawn), so I put on box three. I still have a fourth body on top of the inner cover for the mason jar of syrup. I'm thinking it's time to quit feeding.
Since most of the books I've read assume the reader is using standard 10-frame deeps, I need some advice about what to do now. Is box 3 a "honey super"? Queen excluder or none? I saw some eggs, larvae, and capped brood in box 2, but mostly open syrup (I'm guessing it's syrup).
I didn't lift any frames out of the bottom box (figured I'd leave well enough alone), then later I panicked, thinking I should've checked for swarm cells or something--at least lift the hive and look under it, right?
Ah, newbee angst.