First inspection with a bigger hive - advice welcome

[For want of a better word]

I've got in the habit of singing when I inspect my bees. It slows me down a bit and makes me breathe. I guess it drowns out the bees a bit also.

Any particular song?

I like "Hark to your bees" the bees sometimes hum along too!

Nos da

 

[Levitt53]

Any particular song?

I like "Hark to your bees" the bees sometimes hum along too!

Nos da

Lol, not too loudly just quietly. Seriously it is calming. I'm quite musical so I'm always singing but give it a go.

 

[colinc]

I don't run two brood boxes but did play around with brood and a half for a season.

Take the top box aside and put it somewhere safe where the bees won't all escape. An empty super is good. Put the crown board on top.

Look through the bottom box first. I found that if I looked through the top box first then put it aside the bees downstairs were a bit peed off by the time I got down there.

I agree with this. Bees moving away from the light and returning to the entrance mean the bottom box gets rammed if you examine top brood first. I start at the door side of bottom brood too, for the same reason.
May not make a massive difference but bees seem less grumpy that way.


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