Catherine
New Bee
Hi,
I'm a new beekeeper so am often unsure about what I'm looking at in my hive. I have a beehaus with a nuclueus that was delivered late Aug.
All seems well. When I looked a week ago I saw the queen, capped & uncapped brood, capped honey and eggs.
My concerns are that the bees don't seem to be expanding into the new frames as quickly as I'd expected - possibly this is because they are building 'freehand' cone below the nucleus frames and the floor.
My immediate concerns are
1. there seems to be quite a bit of drone brood - how much is too much?
2. I couldn't see any eggs today, but I'm not very good at spotting it and the lights not great today and, finally,
3. when i turned over a couple of the frames, rather clumsily and without managing to keep the frames vertical, alot of bits came out. Is this just pollen or is it something more sinister. Colour was greyish.
Any help greatly appreciated
I'm a new beekeeper so am often unsure about what I'm looking at in my hive. I have a beehaus with a nuclueus that was delivered late Aug.
All seems well. When I looked a week ago I saw the queen, capped & uncapped brood, capped honey and eggs.
My concerns are that the bees don't seem to be expanding into the new frames as quickly as I'd expected - possibly this is because they are building 'freehand' cone below the nucleus frames and the floor.
My immediate concerns are
1. there seems to be quite a bit of drone brood - how much is too much?
2. I couldn't see any eggs today, but I'm not very good at spotting it and the lights not great today and, finally,
3. when i turned over a couple of the frames, rather clumsily and without managing to keep the frames vertical, alot of bits came out. Is this just pollen or is it something more sinister. Colour was greyish.
Any help greatly appreciated