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I wish your bees were here - the nectar is raining out of the tulip poplars,and you can't make honey if you don't have a field force...:\ Ah, well, maybe next year.

Well, I dropped it in between two straight combs and they fixed it right up! Probably much better than me putting my fingers on it. Pic doesn't really show it, but it's right now. I didn't want to brush them off... ...comb taking on the shape of the sidewall. Lots going on in this pic!

Now THIS... was a cool find! New garden buddys Got to do my first comb buttering... They had attached #10 to the side of the hive. The center line of the #11 comb start is 1/4" off... Do I bend this or just move this bar deeper into the nest? Any top bar peeps watching this thread?

I'll post up some pics tonite... going to do an inspection now.

Last night was the first time I've seen bees guarding the hive entrance after dark. It was 65°. And this morning pollen was headed back in at 7:30am - 2 hours earlier than anything prior! Tulip Poplar opened today, and we got 1.1" of rain this evening... It's a good time to be a bee.

I love this one with the crossed anntennae... I can almost hear the worker saying "Yes, Ma'am" :love

Well duh, Glen... This IS Hello Beepeople! :D =D

Now what?! I inspected again today, and there she was, prancing around on the comb! I was so bowled over I forgot to take a pic... I closed the hive right back up. Now I'm pondering what to do - I've read she won't lay If they can't keep the comb warm. Any ideas? I inspected the booming hive...

It's OK. Remember, this was the weakest of the three 2lb packages... because of how I shook them out, there were bees from two packages in this bunch. They formed two clusters. I broke one of them the morning it got down to 16°. I dropped a bunch of them in cold syrup... These girls had the...

No queens available around these parts... I need to start me a bee business!

:weee Bee power! She leaves when they cap the queen cells. Definitely rotate your sides in. Be ready with another super, too. It takes space to make honey, as your 1st super gets capped they are steady running out of room for evaporation... Once they start backfilling the brood nest w nectar -...

So.... I checked the hives today, and the one that had such a rough go is dwindling. :\ It's been 35 days since the install. They capped some syrup and brought in pollen, but never set any brood. I'm so glad I started with several hives instead of just one - it really is helpful to compare...

Wow! That's exciting! Do keep us posted.

@Happy Chooks - he's going to cross those ladies one day... and they'll school him in Prudence 101! :old :lol:

I've read the syrup can's pinholes are sized to ooze during the jostling of transit, that they really don't do much sitting still. Otherwise the bouncing would inundate the girls during travel.

You nailed it! They wanted to face the hive, but the breeze was so strong the best they could do was to fly at a 90° angle to it! There were just as many bees behind me and the camera... I can't wait 'til the first flights number in the thousands! :love

Some of my new youngsters were out for flight school today! It was kind of gusty - that bee right off the landing board makes me laugh... :D =D

Hive sez.... "BOOM!" :thumbsup

Congrats, man! Looking good.

Me too! Go check 'em out! o_O