Beagle23
House Bee
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2017
- Messages
- 344
- Reaction score
- 39
- Location
- Chessington
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
I popped open my hive yesterday to check on the level of stores. In October I had a full brood box and I left 5 frames worth in a super above the brood box.
So yesterday I noticed the capped frames in the super were completely untouched, It occurred to me that I may be able to take a couple of these frames for myself depending on the level of stores in the brood box. Checking the brood box I found that the stores there have barely been touched, that the queen is already laying, and that I'm very close to having a honey bound situation. The hive is still full of bees.
Any idea what's going on? The winter has been fairly mild, and I've seen bees coming and going, but not in significant numbers. I can't figure out what they've been feeding on
So yesterday I noticed the capped frames in the super were completely untouched, It occurred to me that I may be able to take a couple of these frames for myself depending on the level of stores in the brood box. Checking the brood box I found that the stores there have barely been touched, that the queen is already laying, and that I'm very close to having a honey bound situation. The hive is still full of bees.
Any idea what's going on? The winter has been fairly mild, and I've seen bees coming and going, but not in significant numbers. I can't figure out what they've been feeding on