That is nice. It is still in the high 20's to mid 30's at night here in Idaho. It is suppose to warm up to the high 70's to low 80's this next week but I don't know. Anything can happen in Idaho with the weather. Like they say here, if you don't like the weather wait 5 minutes it will change. Send some of that flow our way.
So how many supers do YOU have on your hives?
Went out and checked the bees today, mostly to add some protein to my new package and check on the feed. Ha, they don't need much (I did put the protein on) -- five or six frames drawn and four of brood, tons of bees, and plenty of syrup stored. Also a nice crop of drones built between the feeder and the top bars, so I scraped that off and put an inner cover on. Feeder comes off soon at this rate.
Checked the overwintered hive and got a nice surprise. They stovepiped this spring, three frames of brood in all six boxes, including my fresh supers
, so I was planning to move the brood into one box and empties into one on top. No need, they have filled two shallow supers and a medium with honey and are starting to cap it all off, except for two frames of brood left in the medium. All this in a week, believe it or not!
I put on another shallow box with two drawn frames (all I have left) and the rest foundation. When I pulled the outer cover the inner cover and top were completely covered with bees, I assume drying honey! Wonder if they will have #4 full in a week?
So it appears I will get more honey off one hive this spring than off three last year, and if the flow holds another week, at least one more full shallow on top of that.
This whole beekeeping thing may work someday....
Peter
Checked the overwintered hive and got a nice surprise. They stovepiped this spring, three frames of brood in all six boxes, including my fresh supers
, so I was planning to move the brood into one box and empties into one on top. No need, they have filled two shallow supers and a medium with honey and are starting to cap it all off, except for two frames of brood left in the medium. All this in a week, believe it or not!I put on another shallow box with two drawn frames (all I have left) and the rest foundation. When I pulled the outer cover the inner cover and top were completely covered with bees, I assume drying honey! Wonder if they will have #4 full in a week?
So it appears I will get more honey off one hive this spring than off three last year, and if the flow holds another week, at least one more full shallow on top of that.
This whole beekeeping thing may work someday....
Peter
