This is a top bar hive.
I inspected the bars today.
The queen has been released and Coombs started, three or four small Coombs.
Questions
1) how long before she should start laying eggs?
2) inspecting, bees are hanging in a grid on the bars as I was lifting the bars up. I only lifted them enough to see that they were building correctly. They are. Worried about the queens near the top getting out. Could not really see much coomb cause of all the bees. At what point do I need too inspect the actual coomb for eggs? Do I just knock the bees off?
Thanks much
Eric
I inspected the bars today.
The queen has been released and Coombs started, three or four small Coombs.
Questions
1) how long before she should start laying eggs?
2) inspecting, bees are hanging in a grid on the bars as I was lifting the bars up. I only lifted them enough to see that they were building correctly. They are. Worried about the queens near the top getting out. Could not really see much coomb cause of all the bees. At what point do I need too inspect the actual coomb for eggs? Do I just knock the bees off?
Thanks much
Eric