today was the second inspection of my first that was installed 2 weeks ago. this frame could be part of a beekeeping textbook - eggs, larva, capped brood, pollen, and capped and uncapped honey. didn't bother trying to locate the queen, i saw plenty of eggs so i know she is in there and doing her thing.
(http://asciibaron.dyndns.org/images/apiculture/textbook_frame.jpg)
my wife took the picture and forgot the camera was set to "email" quality.
-Steve
Nice shot, they are progressing very well.
as a new beek, i'm more then pleased, i'm proud of my girls. i am gaining confidence working in the hive and really feel comfortable inspecting the frames. i did not shake the bees off an frames today, i figured i saw what i needed and didn't need to move them off. of the 10 frames in the body, 4 are drawn out and 2 are looking well worked.
-steve
Great looking frame!
I am a newbie beek, too and when I checked my hive after a week the queen was released but I couldn't find any eggs and there wasn't any capped brood. Of course I started to worry, but kind folks here reassured me everything was probably ok.
Sure enough I peeked in again today (2 weeks after hiving) and found capped brood and larvae curled up in their cells - I was so excited !!!
Now I am wondering if I reversed the frame when I put it back in. I need to be more careful to get the frames back in the way I pull them out. I flipped it a couple of times looking for eggs and I am not sure if I got it back in the way it came out. Oh well, I hope my girls forgive my bumbling - I will get it right soon!
I am going to leave the alone for 2 weeks and then check to see if they are ready for another deep.
Steve, nice picture, yep, yep, you're doin' something good there, yeah!!! Have the most beautiful, greatest of these days, Cindi