by goldenmarket | Jul 7, 2025 | Beekeeping, Blog
In today’s inspection, I intended to check the lower brood box, but when I attempted to remove the top brood box, I found it to be quite heavy. My bees have been working hard. Concerned about potentially dropping the box, I opted not to inspect the lower brood...
by goldenmarket | Jun 22, 2025 | Beekeeping, Blog
Drone or Queen Cells? During today’s hive inspection, I began by checking the lower brood box to assess how they were doing there. I didn’t spend much time inspecting it. It didn’t appear that they built any new comb on the outside frames yet so I...
by goldenmarket | Jun 8, 2025 | Beekeeping, Blog
Cross Comb?? Today, I revisited the hive for a closer examination to determine if there were any signs of cross-combing. I removed the upper brood box to check the frames below. All the inner frames were pretty full with brood and the outer frames still had some room...
by goldenmarket | Jun 6, 2025 | Beekeeping, Blog
Add Second Brood Box Today I did another inspection. Added more sugar water with a little Honey Be Healthy added to it. Figured this would be the last time I feed them. Once again, I found burr comb at the top of the frames, which I removed. When I took out one of...
by goldenmarket | May 27, 2025 | Beekeeping, Blog
First Real Hive Inspection Today was my first real hive inspection and add more sugar water. I carefully removed each frame one by one, beginning from one end and working my way to the other. The first frame I pulled out didn’t have much activity going on it,...
by goldenmarket | May 9, 2025 | Beekeeping, Blog
Queen Inspection Its been four days since we added the bees to the hive and we finally had good weather. Today we checked on the hive for the first time to check on the queen and make sure she got out of her cage. This was my first time opening up a hive that had...
