First Solo Inspection
I opened up the hive by myself today. It’s been 12 days since the last inspection when Bill came over to help. This time I took pictures. Brad came over and watched. Some of the frames were really heavy. I saw the queen on the back side of frame 6. I took pictures to analyze later. Here’s my overview:
Frame 1, 2, 3, no activity except a few cell sized holes.
Frame 4, some small amount of comb drawn on both sides. 8 bees on the inside.
Frames 5, 6, 7 are the nuc frames.
Frame 5 (outside): about 50 sealed brood center top, about the same number of larvae below, nectar all around the rest of the frame
Frame 5 (inside): about 150 sealed brood in the center, about the same in a band around the brood of larvae, maybe double that, but I can’t see into the cells, a band of pollen cells about 6 wide, and then nectar. I’d guess a third of the frame side is nectar.
Frame 6 (inside): a large block of sealed brood surrounded by nectar. I’d guess 1/3 brood, 2/3 nectar.
Frame 6 (outside): about the same as the other side, but some larvae and the queen, a number of empty cells in the brood area.
Frame 7 (inside): about 150 pollen cells surrounded by nectar.
Frame 7 (outside): some nectar, empty cells, maybe eggs?
Frame 8, 9, 10: unexamined, unused, perhaps some drawn comb on inside of frame 8?
Pictures here: http://linode.siwko.org/2009-09-14-inspection
Tags: Bees