Okay, actually second inspection but the first one only consisted of making sure the queen had been released on day 5 and removing her little box.
In my 10 frame brood box with new black plastic foundation inserts, the 4 outside frames are still empty. The next 2 have some comb started. The middle 2 look to have capped brood mixed with larva. There were sporadic holes in the capped brood but they all looked to have larva inside. Ive never been so excited to see bug larva! I saw lots of pollen around the edges and the corners were capped white. Honey? I found one frame with uncapped comb and lots of bees. There were small larva and maybe eggs but I couldn't tell for sure about the eggs. I guessed the queen would be on this one but I didn't see her. I figured out I can recognize drones pretty easily. I saw a few of those here and there. I didn't see anything that looked like drone cells (from what I've seen in videos.)
My smoker stayed lit. Yay! Bees were pretty calm. I still haven't been stung but I haven't been stung by anything since I stepped on a bumble bee when I was 5. With my luck I'll be allergic.
I'm still a bit handicapped since I broke the middle finger on my right hand. Makes it awkward to try and handle bee frames delicately but I knew I needed to check on things. I wanted to take photos but, again, very awkward.
Does everything sound normal? At what point do I add the next super? Do I wait until they start comb on the outside frames? what size comes next? deep one or shallow? I have a shallow one but will need to order a deep. I'm not a very strong person so weight is a consideration for me. Thanks in advance for any advice.
In my 10 frame brood box with new black plastic foundation inserts, the 4 outside frames are still empty. The next 2 have some comb started. The middle 2 look to have capped brood mixed with larva. There were sporadic holes in the capped brood but they all looked to have larva inside. Ive never been so excited to see bug larva! I saw lots of pollen around the edges and the corners were capped white. Honey? I found one frame with uncapped comb and lots of bees. There were small larva and maybe eggs but I couldn't tell for sure about the eggs. I guessed the queen would be on this one but I didn't see her. I figured out I can recognize drones pretty easily. I saw a few of those here and there. I didn't see anything that looked like drone cells (from what I've seen in videos.)
My smoker stayed lit. Yay! Bees were pretty calm. I still haven't been stung but I haven't been stung by anything since I stepped on a bumble bee when I was 5. With my luck I'll be allergic.
I'm still a bit handicapped since I broke the middle finger on my right hand. Makes it awkward to try and handle bee frames delicately but I knew I needed to check on things. I wanted to take photos but, again, very awkward.
Does everything sound normal? At what point do I add the next super? Do I wait until they start comb on the outside frames? what size comes next? deep one or shallow? I have a shallow one but will need to order a deep. I'm not a very strong person so weight is a consideration for me. Thanks in advance for any advice.