Today was terrific!
They're building out like crazy, lots of activity. I added a medium to the existing one, and as I'm pulling frames and looking at them:
THERE'S THE QUEEN! So the odd bit: Her mark was white, which from what I've read, means she's three years old. Do the people who raise queens follow the color code? Should I be concerned? I may call the place I bought the package from...
Saw eggs. Saw larvae. Lot's of drone capped, maybe 30% of the brood.
On foundationless, is there a way to push the bees to draw straight comb? I pulled two frames of (fairly straight) brood from the lower medium, put them in the upper, hoping that will help them draw the upper straight....
-T
Quote from: TimLa on May 09, 2009, 08:30:07 PM
Do the people who raise queens follow the color code? Should I be concerned? I may call the place I bought the package from...
Not all, in fact a lot don't follow the color standard. I wouldn't be concerned, but go ahead an call if your curious.