When people speak of "when the frames are 75% full" they mean full of eggs, brood, honey, nectar, and pollen. The queen needs room to lay and the workers need room to work.
I'm in the same boat as you (drawn comb with packages.) It looks like we're a about the same latitude and about 100 miles apart.
I checked my hives last week (installed on 4/14) and they had lots of room. I will check again tomorrow or the next day to be sure they didn't have a marathon session.
Are you feeding?
I'm in the same boat as you (drawn comb with packages.) It looks like we're a about the same latitude and about 100 miles apart.
I checked my hives last week (installed on 4/14) and they had lots of room. I will check again tomorrow or the next day to be sure they didn't have a marathon session.
Are you feeding?