Good evening guys….
I thought I give you an update of the bees,
it could have been the weather or some how my bad handling of that large & bulky cable drum.
and also the queen got killed ?
It got left upside down
probably cos I just had enough by the time ( 22:40 ) I got it to where it had to go
The reason I say this, is the bees were a bit lost yesterday & still a bit grumpy ( from the guy where I put it ) . they never really bothered me today.
The shorts for those that know, 2 brood boxes not all filled with comb so I added wax sheets to fill them up. I didn’t transfer 4 all drone comb. I saw eggs in some of the comb I transferred,( they can rear a queen if needed, or if she’s still there, she will lay eggs in the wax sheets after they draw them out) if I give them a week I will find out .
Then I can decide what to do with the two brood boxes, split them or not, depending on if they make queen cells or the queen lays eggs.
.I added a super to give a bit more room, so it’s 2 broods + super.
I didn’t bother transferring some of the solid pollen filled combs from the drum, it would have filled 4 or 5 frames, I thought I needed to give them space to grow.
I tried to smoke the rest of the bees up into the hive after I finished removing the comb. It didn’t really work so ended up get hand fulls from the underside of the drum and putting them in front. they never started to fan and rush in. So I’m hesitant to say there’s a queen.
I left the hive on top of the drum so all the honey coated bees could eventually find there way home
As with every job you learn on the go.. but build your knowledge, I guess you can see I was already trying to make the best of what I had and the knowledge I have..
Btw. The cable drum was about 2/3rds to 3/4 full of comb, some from last yr and a bit from this yr
I will get the few vids I have in a in a shorter combined vid uploaded to yootoobe soon
