just a story to tell, I welcome the finger-swaggering if I have made a mistake.
My first hive, dumped the bees April 30th, have been inspecting every 7 to 10 days, except for the last 2 wks. 12 hr days at work 7days/, just couldn't fit in an inspeciton. Finally looked in yesterday. Surprise, really difficult to get off the inner cover, when I finally pry it off, I see what look like grubs, then I realize they are larvae, the queen laid eggs on top of the bars! and the frames are really full, all 10 of them, bees everywhere. I'm wondering if I was close to losing the colony b/c they ran out of room, is it normal that the queen lay eggs on top of the frame bars?
so put on the 2nd brood box, moved a frame up from bottom box to middle of upper box, will check in 7days for drawn comb,etc.
would appreciate any feedback, esp. how long I can expect b4 I need to put on super and should I keep feeding?
My first hive, dumped the bees April 30th, have been inspecting every 7 to 10 days, except for the last 2 wks. 12 hr days at work 7days/, just couldn't fit in an inspeciton. Finally looked in yesterday. Surprise, really difficult to get off the inner cover, when I finally pry it off, I see what look like grubs, then I realize they are larvae, the queen laid eggs on top of the bars! and the frames are really full, all 10 of them, bees everywhere. I'm wondering if I was close to losing the colony b/c they ran out of room, is it normal that the queen lay eggs on top of the frame bars?
so put on the 2nd brood box, moved a frame up from bottom box to middle of upper box, will check in 7days for drawn comb,etc.
would appreciate any feedback, esp. how long I can expect b4 I need to put on super and should I keep feeding?