[theresalynn]

Hi I am sooo excited. After my fail with the late August swarm I caught, I am the proud owner of a new hive.
I waited and found a source for winter hardy bees since I live in the Finger Lakes area of NYS. I got an established nuc in mid June
Set them up with a double 10 frame and haven't touched them until now. The top frame has honey on 8 of the 10 frames so I put a queen excluder on and a super over that. BUT I did not take all the foundation boards out. The 2 end boards had nothing on but the other eight looked full of honey but I did not pull them out to check for brood and I did not check the bottom frame. Should I have checked ALL the foundation or just assume all is good??

 

[theresalynn]

I was just told best not to mess with the bottom hive right now as we are in a heavy flow from golden rod and I think they said rag weed. I guess once that dies back then I am to go into the lower hive and treat for mites, so I guess I will find out what is up then.
I tend to run by the less is best rule and let them do their bee thing with as little interruptions from me as possible. To new to know if that is good or not
Now how on earth do a weight a 10 deep hive??
I will put the outer undrawn frame in the middle asap, thank you for the tip