Hello! Noob here with a couple of questions. I ended up buying an established hive earlier in the week from a bee farm. As soon as I set it up I noticed a couple of small holes the bees were coming out besides the front. The first question is should
I switch boxes to eliminate the holes? I have a few spares and figured I should ask as I do not want to mess up the flow. Next question is today was my first examination and I was shocked how established it was. There were bees hatching etc but I could not find the queen but I did not search as hard as I was nervous. As every frame was pretty packed I added a super to the top and switched the boxes as suggested by the farm I bought it from. I did get my first sting also right in the chin as the suit i have the screen hits my chin and I will have to fix that. I removed a bunch of burrcomb but truly did not get a full examination as smoker died 1/3 of the way through and then right after I got stung. I just wanted to get out of there at that point. So I learned a few things, make sure your smoker has a ton of fuel, bring a brush maybe as there was a ton of bees that I could not get off the lid easy and stay calm. I guess the only question is how much would it screw up the hive to transfer the two main brood box frames into two new boxes? Thanks for your help!!
I switch boxes to eliminate the holes? I have a few spares and figured I should ask as I do not want to mess up the flow. Next question is today was my first examination and I was shocked how established it was. There were bees hatching etc but I could not find the queen but I did not search as hard as I was nervous. As every frame was pretty packed I added a super to the top and switched the boxes as suggested by the farm I bought it from. I did get my first sting also right in the chin as the suit i have the screen hits my chin and I will have to fix that. I removed a bunch of burrcomb but truly did not get a full examination as smoker died 1/3 of the way through and then right after I got stung. I just wanted to get out of there at that point. So I learned a few things, make sure your smoker has a ton of fuel, bring a brush maybe as there was a ton of bees that I could not get off the lid easy and stay calm. I guess the only question is how much would it screw up the hive to transfer the two main brood box frames into two new boxes? Thanks for your help!!