Bearding? or prepping to swarm?

[spafmagic]

Picture and video following are just recently at around 3pm-ish EST.

Bearding? or prepping to swarm?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSFNJ-ScyiE&feature=youtu.be

[iddee]

Bearding

[spafmagic]

=^_^=

[JurassicApiary]

Agreed, bearding.

[van from Arkansas]

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Last summer bearding.

[spafmagic]

Ok... so, with time's passing, more of them are covering the surface of the face of the hive, should I add a box? or wait until spring flow is done? By then, I'll likely have 4 capped frames of honey I could spare for them to draw wax with.

[iddee]

Number of bees doesn't matter. It's the empty space they have that makes you decide when to add a box. If 80% of frames are full of brood and food, add a box.