174 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.
174 viewsMy observation hive. I took one side off.
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168 viewsA view of he inside of my top cover. Yes that is burr comb and yes it is filled with honey. It is very nice.
166 viewsTaking the frame over to the nuc.
165 viewsThe top rows from under the cover.
165 viewsPrying on the back making sure none of the frames from below are attached.
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161 viewsAnother look at the torn comb.
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159 viewsNuc box from the swarm I picked up at American Heritage.
157 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.
157 viewsThis is a brood frame. They are not capped but it is filled with very tiny eggs and some very tiny larva. i a going to take this frame and put it in the nuc. I will take a frame from the nuc and put it in the big hive. I brush all the bees off the frames before I swap them.