I caught a big swarm on the 10th of May that filled up a deep. They went to work drawing all 10 frames. On May 20 I determined there was no queen and I requeened and she was out May 24.
They have been consumming 1.5 to 2 quarts of syrup a day. The issue is they have stored all the syrup in the frames and left maybe 3 frames for her to lay and she is working on those. I added a new deep today and moved 3 frames of syrup up to the second deep and added 3 empty frames in the original deep. I placed the syrup on the outside edges of the new deep and the 3 empties right next to where she was laying.
I removed the feeder today which had gotton crowded with bees clustering to the to intercover. Even though they had not created any new bees as they drew out the frames the bees lost the little extra space they had.
Is this what should be done? Any suggestions?
They have been consumming 1.5 to 2 quarts of syrup a day. The issue is they have stored all the syrup in the frames and left maybe 3 frames for her to lay and she is working on those. I added a new deep today and moved 3 frames of syrup up to the second deep and added 3 empty frames in the original deep. I placed the syrup on the outside edges of the new deep and the 3 empties right next to where she was laying.
I removed the feeder today which had gotton crowded with bees clustering to the to intercover. Even though they had not created any new bees as they drew out the frames the bees lost the little extra space they had.
Is this what should be done? Any suggestions?