This is a 2 month old cut out. 1BB and lid only.
There?s a 6?x3? patty of pollen to the right of this vertical comb. It?s neat watching them devour it.
Any suggestions ? I?m in south Florida - this is a 2 month old cutout. Should I super?
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Salty, do you use an inner cover? As in the pic, 10 frame and 5 frame in the pic.
The inner cover prevents the bees from waxing the frames to the lid. This leaves the bees very little room to build vertical wax as in your pic. Fits rite under the lid.
Van
Salty, should I Super?
Salty, I see 6-7 frames of bees, which I equate to 60-70% hive capacity. Don?t know if you smoked the bees down into the frames. So hive capacity looks good and does not indicate you need supers. However I cannot 1. see if the frames are full of brood or honey and I don?t know if 2. you have a flow on.
Full frames and a flow rate are important factors one needs to accurately say wether or not you need to super. Capacity of bees looks good as already stated, but frame, [queen laying space] and flow need to be addressed.
Jim sawdust, FlGardener, BEEBOY can advise you better than I regarding the flow in your area. I can say if the queen has no place to lay then put supers on with Jim?s blessing. I would feel better if a local chimed in; that is why I say WITH JIM?s BLESSINGS.
Van
Yeah I?m not going to do full insp til next week. So I?ll see.
That?s a plastic hive and won?t fit those inner covers but do make a feeder that narrows it down.
Either way, I?m excited to have them looking healthy.
I jumped the gun last time so I need to relax and watch.
I opened this cutout hive yesterday to find 8 inches more comb above frames. I added a super .
I looked in today and it has activity on 6-8 frames - guess we were in a flow
You are in a flow!!!! I am sitting in 46F at this moment with a low of 34F tonight. Enjoy your warm weather, your flow, Salty, enjoy. It?s gonna be a while for me and the Northern Beeks before we see flowers. Such as life, no complaints here.
Van