dscanlan81
New Bee
I've checked the hive today after having a peek and putting the super on when the weather was good earlier in the month.
The drone cells were all under the super and came away when i took it off. This was disappointing but did give me an opportunity to check for veroa, which was there. Some cells had a quite a few in but in others there was only 1.
What should i do about this?
I was expecting to see frames with capped honey and others with capped brood. Both were sporadic. Is that normal? From what i have been told its good to have capped brood and a full ciricular pattern - which they were but only small circles (about 20x20 cells). Is this something to worry about? Or is it only early in the season?
But the most worrying thing is that there was condensation at the top of the hive and pooling on the lid. Apart from moving the hive, is there anything that can be done about this?
The drone cells were all under the super and came away when i took it off. This was disappointing but did give me an opportunity to check for veroa, which was there. Some cells had a quite a few in but in others there was only 1.
What should i do about this?
I was expecting to see frames with capped honey and others with capped brood. Both were sporadic. Is that normal? From what i have been told its good to have capped brood and a full ciricular pattern - which they were but only small circles (about 20x20 cells). Is this something to worry about? Or is it only early in the season?
But the most worrying thing is that there was condensation at the top of the hive and pooling on the lid. Apart from moving the hive, is there anything that can be done about this?