I started a new hive with some old comb in May. My bee count was going up and I was drawing comb on my empty foundation. Everything was going well until 2 1/2 weeks ago when the hive swarmed. I was able to get them into another brood box and got the hive set up. I checked the "new" hive 3 days later and it looked ok, checked it 3 days after that and had brood started. They now have 4 frames full of brood and some full of uncapped honey. Some capping of the honey is happining at the top corners of the frame. They are not drawing any comb. Should I start feeding this hive and add another box now?
My old hive is full of bees but I see ALOT of drones. I haven't been able to find the queen, but they are building some weird comb. It stands off the frame about 3/8 of in inch and looks like there are cells on both sides. Most start fron the top of the frame and run to the center. I have been taking this comb out and not letting them build it, but it seems to never end. They have some frames with so much capped honey the bulge into the next frame and there is no comb in the adjoining frame.(I have two brood boxes on this hive, they have honey in both boxes) I put a Honey super on last week thinking they might need more room and that was why they swarmed but they have drawn no comb in the super.
My old hive is full of bees but I see ALOT of drones. I haven't been able to find the queen, but they are building some weird comb. It stands off the frame about 3/8 of in inch and looks like there are cells on both sides. Most start fron the top of the frame and run to the center. I have been taking this comb out and not letting them build it, but it seems to never end. They have some frames with so much capped honey the bulge into the next frame and there is no comb in the adjoining frame.(I have two brood boxes on this hive, they have honey in both boxes) I put a Honey super on last week thinking they might need more room and that was why they swarmed but they have drawn no comb in the super.