Adding frames

[Psycad]

Hi all

I opened my hive yesterday and was flabbergasted to find 2 of the 5 frames full of honey !
Must be the date palm flowering

Anyway, the 3 other frames are filled with drone brood, workers brood, eggs etc.

All seems OK

Since I also found what looked like a queen cell (bit like alien construction in Aliens II) I added 3 frames

I interposed them. Meaning one full frame, one new, one full, one new etc.

Is this OK or should I add them at the end of the hive ?

Thanks for feedback

 

[linoleum bonypart]

Looking forward to the new Alien film

 

[Anduril]

Hi all

I opened my hive yesterday and was flabbergasted to find 2 of the 5 frames full of honey !
Must be the date palm flowering

Anyway, the 3 other frames are filled with drone brood, workers brood, eggs etc.

All seems OK

Since I also found what looked like a queen cell (bit like alien construction in Aliens II) I added 3 frames

I interposed them. Meaning one full frame, one new, one full, one new etc.

Is this OK or should I add them at the end of the hive ?

Thanks for feedback

Sounds like checkerboarding to me, might be OK in your climate, but not regularly practiced in the UK, the US do it. Your bees are probably superseding the queen, not trying to swarm. Check all your frames by either blowing the bees out of the way or brushing them away to see how many queen cells you have, they are very good at hiding cells.
Added. If they are not in a full sized hive then they need to be transferred immediately.

 

[Psycad]

Salaam Al Anduril

Bees are in full size hive
I think its a kind of ventilated langstroth
10 frame space, frames 500mm length (that is 19.685 imperial inch)

The cell construction is some kind of weird construction on the side of the frame
Didnt see any on the comb (too full of bees and I dont feel yet like shaking them of the frame)

Thanks for your help

 

[alldigging]

The cell construction is some kind of weird construction on the side of the frame
Didnt see any on the comb (too full of bees and I dont feel yet like shaking them of the frame)

Like any of these? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=q...W6ajTAhWLfhoKHV7XAn4Q_AUICCgB&biw=768&bih=372

 

[Anduril]

Salaam Al Anduril

Bees are in full size hive
I think its a kind of ventilated langstroth
10 frame space, frames 500mm length (that is 19.685 imperial inch)

The cell construction is some kind of weird construction on the side of the frame
Didnt see any on the comb (too full of bees and I dont feel yet like shaking them of the frame)

Thanks for your help

Easiest way to describe a queen cell. It looks like peanut shell. If they are queen cells please do not shake the frames as you may damage the queens in the cells
http://www.wbka.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/There-Are-Queen-Cells-In-My-Hive-WBKA-WAG.pdf

 

[Psycad]

Salaam Al Alldigging

Yes, but its on the side of the frame, between frame and hivewall, and there is more than one
They are all oriented downwards

When I lifted the frame it was a big surprise because I didnt expect anything there. (keep in mind I am neophyte)

 

[Psycad]

I am still building up confidence and not yet there as to shake frames or swipe bees away. Lifting the frame slowly, gently and inspecting, is for the time being the best I manage.

Shaking it violently and killing queens is not something I expect to manage in the near foreseeable future

But I must install a camera to have afterwards a better check of the frames. I have kind of trouble looking through the steel mesh of the veil and lack the confidence to keep the frames out for too long.

I have this feeling the bees might get annoyed or so. Even at the 40 degrees which we have now. (100 Fahrenheit or close)

 

[Psycad]

Just looked up checkerboarding

Very interesting.
Thanks for the explanation of what I did. Seems controversial tough.