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New package + 1 week on new foundation what should i see?
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first week of first package ....
you should see one HAPPY new Beekeeper!!!!!
but inside the box well.... lets start outside
you should see bees buzzing around the entrance taking orientaion flights and bringing in pollen
inside the box the queen should be released by now and might even be laying
(but ive had the queens go 12 days before starting)
the workers should have about 3-4 frames with drawn white/yellow comb- and you should be sucking through about 1-2 quarts of 1:1 syrup
they will start to store pollen also - it might look watery but thats ok
the sugar syrup will start to be stored near the top of the frames
is this what you are seeing???
you should see one HAPPY new Beekeeper!!!!!
but inside the box well.... lets start outside
you should see bees buzzing around the entrance taking orientaion flights and bringing in pollen
inside the box the queen should be released by now and might even be laying
(but ive had the queens go 12 days before starting)
the workers should have about 3-4 frames with drawn white/yellow comb- and you should be sucking through about 1-2 quarts of 1:1 syrup
they will start to store pollen also - it might look watery but thats ok
the sugar syrup will start to be stored near the top of the frames
is this what you are seeing???
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Well i look at them today and they have about 3 frames drawn and a lot of pollen and nectar, no eggs so far. They are not eating much SW. The bees are at the entrance looking very confused.
Are you using an entrance feeder, or hive top? Ought to be feeding by the gallon. Pretty soon should be some eggs, but you don't want to get into the hive daily... once a week is about enough...or maybe now every 5-6 days, to check progress and learn. Next time you enter the hive, find the queen, see if there are eggs in the frame she's on. Doesn't matter how deep the cells are, since they're establishing their hive, she'll lay in shallow cells and they'll build them out quickly.
If syrup and pollen has clogged the brood nest, put a frame of foundation inside your outside frame of syrup and pollen, so they'll draw that and that gives her some empty cells in which to lay.
If syrup and pollen has clogged the brood nest, put a frame of foundation inside your outside frame of syrup and pollen, so they'll draw that and that gives her some empty cells in which to lay.
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Ok i checked my hives today one hive i found the queen and there is capped brood, the other no queen and the bees are acting nervous and weird. Now what should i do?
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buy a new queen and install her or give the queenless hive a frame of brood from the other hive and let them raise a queen but this takes time
buying a queen is the surest way to get the ball rolling again
buying a queen is the surest way to get the ball rolling again
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Talk to the president of the bee club who I got my packages though he said he will call and get me a queen.
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