The girls are definitely enjoying the nectar flow. Installed their package two weeks ago and opened hive to check em out. Queen has probably been free for a week & half as a raw guess.
Lots of comb, they are even capping honey already. Some larvae though I didn't notice capped brood. I presume initially it takes the queen some time to catch up to gatherers, but for eyeballing, when should brood be catching up with stored honey in volume? She does need to be replacing the natural attrition for hive after all
Lots of comb, they are even capping honey already. Some larvae though I didn't notice capped brood. I presume initially it takes the queen some time to catch up to gatherers, but for eyeballing, when should brood be catching up with stored honey in volume? She does need to be replacing the natural attrition for hive after all