Installed my first Super! had fun... Pictures Included

[Ocean]

this is my first year keeping bees, iam brand new to this whole thing.. iam open for suggestions.


so after a month of hard work, i finally installed my first super. during the process i've noticed my population of bees grew and i now only have about 4 slots empty

here are some pictures :)


thats me with that smoker



me inspecting the hive







and here are my girls











here is the super that i installed



if you are wondering what are those metal things, my dad made them so you can perfectly fit the super on top of the hive body without it moving and going out of place.. ( my dad's idea )

after a month, i moved the sugar surap feeder and put it next to the hive, so my bees have a larger entrance, but still have their sugar if they need it.

[LEAD PIPE]

Nice pictures. I will have to post some of my hive. I don't see any bees flying around you when you have the hive open, mine were all over me. In the 4th picture, you holding the frame on the bottom right side there is a bit of comb that is sticking out. Did you remove if before putting it back in the hive? If you did how did you do it with out upsetting the bees on that piece of comb?

[Michael Bush]

Keeping the boxes on is not a problem as the bees will glue them together anyawy.  They would be easier to get apart (the real problem is getting the apart, not keeping them together) without the metal pieces.

[Robo]

I also find it easier to set the super down about 45degrees off and then slowly rotate it into place.  This way most of the bees on the edge of the bottom super will be pushed out of the way vs. squished when you set it straight down.

Nice pictures...

[fuzzybeekeeper]

Ocean;

Lots of nice-looking equipment.  I bet you are enjoying working with your dad.  

I would be concerned about starting robbing with the feeder turned to the open that way.  Bees from other hives will start comming to the smell and will start robbing the honey from YOUR hive, not just the sugar water.  I noticed another metal plate blocking part of the entrance.  Can't you just remove that plate and set the feeder back like it was?  Most people don't use the entrance feeder because it sometimes causes robbing even if it is installed with the entrance inside.

Just a concern.

Fuzzybeekeeper

[Miss Chick-a-BEE]

Great pictures! I love close up pics of bees like that. Makes me feel like I'm right in the hive with the girls.

And I must say...... your girls are just as pretty as mine. Aren't they amazing? :)

Beth

[Ocean]

Nice pictures. I will have to post some of my hive. I don't see any bees flying around you when you have the hive open, mine were all over me. In the 4th picture, you holding the frame on the bottom right side there is a bit of comb that is sticking out. Did you remove if before putting it back in the hive? If you did how did you do it with out upsetting the bees on that piece of comb?

thanx alot :)

that comb i just used my hand to break ( some brood fell out in that process :(  thats when bees got a little excited and started to work even faster)  than i just put it on the bottom of the hive and let the bees take care of it.. there were more combs and much bigger than that one on the other foundations, but i did not bother breaking those apart because i've seen alot of brood in those. so i just left it alone...

[Robo]

Don't wait too long to remove the bad comb, because it is preventing them from drawing it correctly and will just get worse.  Sort of like building a house on a poorly laid brick foundation.

Keep the frames tightly pushed together (with extra space left on the outsides) to reduce the badly drawn comb.

[Horns Pure Honey]

Great pics! :D