ok i would say i got sorta bad news, but maybe not that bad to you professional beekepers..
here it is, as you know yesterday my bees swarmed, well they used to come back when they used to do that about 2 weeks straight, well this time i woke up this mourning and did not see them... :( i guess they left
So i went in into the hive and found something out....
1. Obvious decrease in population....
2. the middle super was full with honey, 2-4 frames were already capped.. as you see on the picture... and rest were still being worked on...
3. the highest super was not even drawn out yet...
4. the hive body now... this what concerned me... a. I still seen alot of brood waiting to be capped.... b. i found 2 queen cells. ( i took the picture u'll c it below, please confirm thats my new virgin queen. ) c. i've seen about 5 or 6 drones on each frame hanging around....
5. what i decided to do is to split them... so i took some 2 honey frames and 3 brood frames and put them into the other New hive that was ready for them... ( i also provided them with sugar syrup )....
6. I took away only 2 capped supers with honey..
--==Outlook--==: New Hive: Has 5 frames 2 with honey and 3 with brood ( 1 of them had the queen cell ), it also has the sugar suryp..
Old hive.. Has 5 Old frames, no sugar suryp, and also one frame with the queen cell....
Like i said, iam totally new to this beutiful beekeeping expriance, so please teach me and tell me what i did wrong, what should i do? and how should i fix it... Thanx alot, iam open for any suggestions...
Tomorrow when i have my tools i will take away those metal springs that i have on right now...
Also i was thinking should i buy a new queen? just in case, and where should i buy it?
ok lets cut to the chase and see the pix :)
i included some other pictures of myself so u guys actually know who u speaking with :)
here they are :
supers with honey
here are the brood frame with the queen cell ? am i right?
and this is me and behind me is my car