thebhoy
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2009
- Messages
- 332
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- Location
- Sutton, London
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 28
going on hols tomorrow (for one week) so was doing final check of hives and nucs beforehand...
On checking my biggest hive....have two 14 x 12 BB's and 4 supers on, bees appeared low in numbers and I struggled to find queen or eggs with both BB'S having lot's of nectar between capped / uncapped brood so was in the mindset that I had lost a swarm
The I found her on 20th frame checked and also some eggs so panic was over...or slightly reduced and as it was early afternoon most of the flyers were out working...just didn't appear as busy as usual
The fourth super has been on since Sunday and is being drawn out although the others have a mixture of sealed, unsealed and some foundation being worked.
My concern is whether the bees will shift the stores up into the super or just totally fill out both bb's and that the queen will stop laying completely or just bugger off.
Thoughts are welcome folks
On checking my biggest hive....have two 14 x 12 BB's and 4 supers on, bees appeared low in numbers and I struggled to find queen or eggs with both BB'S having lot's of nectar between capped / uncapped brood so was in the mindset that I had lost a swarm
The I found her on 20th frame checked and also some eggs so panic was over...or slightly reduced and as it was early afternoon most of the flyers were out working...just didn't appear as busy as usual
The fourth super has been on since Sunday and is being drawn out although the others have a mixture of sealed, unsealed and some foundation being worked.
My concern is whether the bees will shift the stores up into the super or just totally fill out both bb's and that the queen will stop laying completely or just bugger off.
Thoughts are welcome folks
