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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: lee on May 09, 2005, 10:42:05 pm

Title: new pic
Post by: lee on May 09, 2005, 10:42:05 pm
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid168/p1852e0e4004dfd5a2b5dea1888a5265c/f42cc725.jpg)
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid168/p8f2b9160828dd3a6781b6904cf683f88/f42ccc13.jpg)
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid168/p36e5cfd64e12be621b835a0cb8226641/f42ccb22.jpg)
they look like they are doing ok. my frist bees, when do i add more boxs to them
Title: new pic
Post by: bobby on May 09, 2005, 11:08:02 pm
they look good lee i just hived my first two hives saturday. i read that when they get 75% of the brood drawn out that you should put another hivebody on there. how many hives do you have? and what kind of foundation did you use?
Title: new pic
Post by: lee on May 09, 2005, 11:23:53 pm
the frist 3 hives was put out on 4-18-05. the one on far right was put out on saturday to  :D never had bees before look like fun. and thanks
Title: new pic
Post by: Miss Chick-a-BEE on May 09, 2005, 11:53:55 pm
Like Bobby said, when they get about 7 out of 10 of the frames done, add another box.

Looks like you started off well. It sure is nice to be able to start with so many hives - to compare to eachother, or steal brood from when needed.

Beth
Title: new pic
Post by: lee on May 17, 2005, 07:03:53 pm
check on them today, 3 of the 4 hives are doing real good. but one of them is not doing to good, they don't even have a full frame of comb build yet. looks like a lot of them left the hive and the other 3 hives has up to 6 frames each build it looks for them. :D
Title: new pic
Post by: Horns Pure Honey on May 17, 2005, 10:27:49 pm
80% = 8 frames, lol, makes it easier than trying to guess if they have 75% done, :D
Title: new pic
Post by: lee on May 17, 2005, 11:21:30 pm
:D when i look inside i seen a lot of larva to. in hives 2,3 & 4 none in hive 1 :(
Title: New Pic
Post by: Geoff on May 24, 2005, 05:40:00 am
In the picture which of the hives has no larva?
Title: new pic
Post by: lee on May 24, 2005, 02:18:36 pm
it's the frist one with a rock on it  :( this is a pic out of hive 1(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid169/pfd05a0dc74fc12dd5d1c096d31675230/f40b28a6.jpg)
Title: new pic
Post by: SherryL on May 25, 2005, 12:09:12 am
Lee, if those are all of the bees that are left in hive #1, you might as well combine them with another hive (newspaper method), they must not have a queen in there and will eventually die off completely - no point in delaying the inevitable.

Even if you were to give them a queen right now, I don't think there are even enough bees in there to make the hive a go of it.

Anyone else have other thoughts?
Title: new pic
Post by: lee on May 25, 2005, 12:49:21 am
there is about 2 times that many. but i dont think it is enough.i was going to try the newpaper today, but it was raining and a little cool outside maybe tommrow i hope. i dont know what happen to them, i think they went to one of the other hives. the bees above was put in the hives the same day they are doing real good.  thanks