my bees building up

[jallen]

might not be the biggest coloney yet lol

 

[peteinwilts]

i have a few like that.

when mixing frames with spacers and hoffmans, put spacers on the hoffmans that are next to the frames with spacers... if you get my drift!

 

[jallen]

will do thanks for the tip

 

[greatbritishhoney]

i have a few like that.

when mixing frames with spacers and hoffmans, put spacers on the hoffmans that are next to the frames with spacers... if you get my drift!

...or take the spacers off and replace with hoffman converter clips

 

[Mike a]

Can I ask what are you using to treat them with?

 

[jallen]

the white plastic is super boast

 

[itchyhives]

Think mine have been at that, heard them at the hive entrance bragging about how much pollen they were bringing in today!!

 

[oliver90owner]

How many undrawn frames are there? It looks like five. You really need a divider or dummy board in there somewhere. I would have the nuc frames against the back wall and expand towards the entrance wkth just a couple of undrawn frames at the most.

Not sure what the queen excluder is doing there. If you must store it with the hive, put it above the crowboard until needed.

Does the hive have an OMF? If so close it up for a short while.

The important thing is to retain colony (particularly brood nest) warmth, so they can expand the number of brood. More bees means more construction workers for wax building and more house bees to service the enlarging brood nest.

Regards, RAB

 

[Poly Hive]

I am with Rab here and please put some insulation on top of the CB too.

PH

 

[jallen]

thanks for the advices