I'm a first year beekeeper and my first hive has gotten off to a rough start. I had a drone laying queen and requeened about two weeks ago. I'm planning on doing an inspection tomorrow and should see capped brood (hopefully) from the new queen. The colony is small with only about four frames of bees and four frames of comb drawn out. I am running only a single deep.
I noticed today that my hive top feeder had some mold starting to grow. Should I remove it? For how long? Should I keep the feeder on until the bees have drawn out two deeps? They are still taking the syrup, though slowly. This could be because their numbers are low, or because they simply don't need it now that things are blooming. What do you all think?
I noticed today that my hive top feeder had some mold starting to grow. Should I remove it? For how long? Should I keep the feeder on until the bees have drawn out two deeps? They are still taking the syrup, though slowly. This could be because their numbers are low, or because they simply don't need it now that things are blooming. What do you all think?