I got honey...

[AllanJ]

Well, I don't, the bees do.  This is my #2 hive that I hived on 4/26.  Queen released on 4/28, so I should be getting new bees any day now.  I already have a 2nd brood box on which they are building out the center 4 frames. 

My The bees honey..


Nice brood.. with larva all the way down to the bottom cell.. This box sits on a SR..


I have no idea what type of honey it is.. there is so much blooming right now.

[pdmattox]

Those are some good shots of the bees.  It looks like thier off to a great start.

[Jerrymac]

I just have to ask..... When did you start/stop feeding them?

[AllanJ]

I just have to ask..... When did you start/stop feeding them?

I started feeding them when I hived the package on 4/26 and they have had syrup up until yesterday.. although not in abundance since I was using small quart containers instead of 2-3 gallons in a hive top feeder.  I notice last week that they had hardly touch the syrup, but we had 2 days of bad weather mid week and they drained the quart that was left.  I know that this honey is not anything I will take as it is probably tainted a little with the syrup.. but it was still good to see some finally.

The differing opinions on feeding makes it a little difficult to understand the correct approach. Although I have decided to feed a new package until 21 days after the first egg. Which for this hive was this weekend.

[Robo]

I have no idea what type of honey it is.. there is so much blooming right now.

Well,  it is either what I like to call "wildflower honey"  or sugar honey.  Or a combination of both :-P

[n9kww]

Looks like they are off to a good start, be careful on feeding. If you stop feeding them to soon you could run into some issues. Since they have foundation, they need honey of one kind or another to make wax to draw out the foundation. In this case sugar water, if you remove it to soon they will stop drawing frames because of brood lock. They will have the queen lay less so they have room, as they will have no place for brood and stores (honey and pollen). The debate on feeding is as old as beekeeping, I do know this you can't over feed bees, and they will simply not take it. I have used the tried and true method; feed them until they stop eating it. I look at it this way, they survived over thousands of years, and they know what’s best for them.
Ron

[MarkR]

Hokay, I took my feeder off about a week ago, shortly after I added the second brood box.  I went in to check things out today.  Second brood box is about 6 frames drawn.  Unfortunately, they had build a nice bridge between the third and fourth frames. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50748866@N00/506626462/in/photostream?#comment72157600236698384

I cleaned it up a bit and went ahead and put on my first super.  There are a few other shots on my flicker page that show what I cleaned out, and one frame that looks really good.  No brood in the second chamber as of yet, though.

Mark

[AllanJ]

Mark, I thought you were using PC?  I won't even go into what is happening with hive #1 with the PC..

[MarkR]

In the first brood box, yes, then switched over to duragilt for second brood and supers.  PC is not for me apparently.

Mark