Installed a package on drawn comb (from last year's deadout) last week. Checked it today and I am so bad at spotting either eggs or queens that I saw neither, but am willing to wait for larvae (I can see those). Lots of empty cells everywhere but several frames covered with bees.
Since they don't have many wax-building chores except for repair and filling out one partially-drawn frame, should I super now or wait -- wait for what?
First off, don't be in a hurry to super a package.
For the many bees on the frame, take one finger and "gently" push the bees around and see if there is anything under them. What are they hiding? :roll:
How many boxes high are you on this one? :)doak
When 8 or more frames are full, "by weight", then super. Not until then.
Thanks! So, specifically, what I am looking for is a majority of cells on 8 frames filled with brood and stores? And yes, some comb was so thick with bees that I had to tickle a few here and there to see if they were "hiding" anything underneath because the frames felt heavy just with the weight of the bees.