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I caught a swarm last memorial day and they did great last summer in a two deep full. Bottom brood, top they completely filled w/ honey. Last fall I took one full med. super and left one + the full and estimated about 100lbs for the girls to make it through the sometimes brutal central NY winter.
I opened the hive two days ago to clean and inspect and found:
top super was full
top full was also untouched
bottom has no brood but most of the honey and pollen was gone, no eggs or brood to be found. some open cells w/ what looks like fresh honey.
The queen was on a frame in the top full looking happy. There were no queen cells being built yet.
My questions are, did i leave too much for them or will they still need it when and if she starts laying? Since they were a caught swarm i Have no idea how old she is, should i requeen?
They has been alot of pollen coming in for about a week now so what do the experts have to say?
I opened the hive two days ago to clean and inspect and found:
top super was full
top full was also untouched
bottom has no brood but most of the honey and pollen was gone, no eggs or brood to be found. some open cells w/ what looks like fresh honey.
The queen was on a frame in the top full looking happy. There were no queen cells being built yet.
My questions are, did i leave too much for them or will they still need it when and if she starts laying? Since they were a caught swarm i Have no idea how old she is, should i requeen?
They has been alot of pollen coming in for about a week now so what do the experts have to say?