913 viewsI have taken off the top box. I am looking at the drone comb that is made between the bottom of the one frame to the top of the next frame. I just tear it open when I lift off the hive body. Then I will take the larva and lok at them and look for varroa on them and in the cells. I found a total of three. Not to bad.
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863 viewsIsn't that just so pretty.
862 viewsThe bees wondering where the 3rd floor has disappeared to.
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856 viewsThe top rows from under the cover.
850 viewsPrying on the back making sure none of the frames from below are attached.
838 viewsAfter Just four days they have started to store honey. I didn't see a lot of eggs or a queen. But there were a lot of bees at the bottom of the nuc. I decided I would throw in a brood frame from one of my other hives.