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Hi all,
This is our first year with a package started 4/29. Two weeks ago we put on the second deep because around 7 frames were built out below. We did the inspection today and found that there are still 3 outer frames with spotty white comb below, while the upper deep is text book perfect with brood, sealed honey and pollen in all but 4 frames. The lower deep also has had issues with a few frames getting stuck together with comb on the foundation...as if the bees were trying to fill in the space between the two frames (yes, they are pushed together with space on either ends of the box.) These were the two frames that held the queen's cage originally. We've corrected each time we did an inspection, but the problem persists. Did we put on the deep too early, or is it that this group of house bees are better architects? It looks like the queen is in the upper deep now because of the eggs, brood and larva that we saw. Will the bees go down below again to finish the frames or is that not going to happen. Does the queen go back and forth depending on empty cells to fill with eggs? Sorry for all the questions...would love any ideas! Thanks so much for anything you could share!
This is our first year with a package started 4/29. Two weeks ago we put on the second deep because around 7 frames were built out below. We did the inspection today and found that there are still 3 outer frames with spotty white comb below, while the upper deep is text book perfect with brood, sealed honey and pollen in all but 4 frames. The lower deep also has had issues with a few frames getting stuck together with comb on the foundation...as if the bees were trying to fill in the space between the two frames (yes, they are pushed together with space on either ends of the box.) These were the two frames that held the queen's cage originally. We've corrected each time we did an inspection, but the problem persists. Did we put on the deep too early, or is it that this group of house bees are better architects? It looks like the queen is in the upper deep now because of the eggs, brood and larva that we saw. Will the bees go down below again to finish the frames or is that not going to happen. Does the queen go back and forth depending on empty cells to fill with eggs? Sorry for all the questions...would love any ideas! Thanks so much for anything you could share!