What are my bees doing?

Started by Arthur, July 21, 2012, 12:58:20 AM

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Arthur

July 21, 2012, 12:58:20 AM
I'm not sure what's going on here. I added a box (to the top like a super) on Monday, and every day since, more and more of them have been hanging out on the outside. I looked inside today, and there are a few dozen in the new box just kind of wandering around. What's going on?

hardwood

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July 21, 2012, 01:30:30 AM
Bearding...no biggie. When you added the box was it just foundation? Foundationless? I find that switching a couple of frames from the bottom box to the top one will help entice the bees up to the new box if so.

Scott
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Arthur

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July 21, 2012, 01:34:46 AM
Foundationless bare frames that I built from cedar. When I looked in today, I spritzed a little sugar water in the top to see if a few more would come up.

AllenF

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July 21, 2012, 06:18:32 PM
Bearding is the same as us sitting on the front porch on a hot summer evening.  It is all cool.   

jredburn

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July 29, 2012, 09:09:17 PM
Did you use aromatic Cedar?

Arthur

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July 30, 2012, 11:29:02 AM
The box in the pic is actually fir. I'm using cedar for all my new hive boxes.
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