textbook frame

[asciibaron]

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. 



my wife took the picture and forgot the camera was set to "email" quality.

-Steve

[pdmattox]

Nice shot, they are progressing very well.

[asciibaron]

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

[sarafina]

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.

[Cindi]

Steve, nice picture, yep, yep, you're doin' something good there, yeah!!!  Have the most beautiful, greatest of these days, Cindi