This is a frame from the smaller hive. I am a bit concerned about this hive, but will go to my book and do a little studying up on the health of a smaller hive. The bee's are only using 3 frames to draw the comb, the other hive is using all the frames and is thick with comb already. I did not look for the queen which I will do later this evening when the sun goes down and they are a bit calmer. I will at the least have to make sure I feed this hive over winter. My biggest concern is loosing the bee's to the other hive robbing it of their honey. Will probably have to close the hive with the exception of the feeder as well as putting sugar in the lid. Will keep the details coming as things progress. I will probably treat this hive as a smaller one that has swarmed.
well, I finally got out to check and the queen is still there. The bee's are quite active in their work and might even have some larva going in some cells already. Each colony should have about 20,000 to 30,000 new bee's before winter. Likely one will have more than the other since we had the migration at the onset of the endeavor. Time will tell...
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This doesn't look like a smaller hive to me when I see all those bees...and I'd be running for the hills if I came across that! LOL But I know that it's all relative...in comparison to the larger hive. Hope they just keep on doing what they are supposed to. I'll be looking forward to more updates.
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