My queen

[bakerjw]

So, my swarm it like 18 days into the new hive. Last night I saw a small hive beetle makes it's way through the front door while bees tried to sting it. Today was the day that I had planned to open the hive and check things out.

When a swarm takes up residence in a new hive, it is immediately losing population. It takes a few days to draw out comb and for the queen to lay eggs and then about 3 weeks for the larva to hatch. So for 3 to 4 weeks, the population is in decline. I wanted to see where this colony was at in it's evolution. I found a LOT of capped brood, a handful of drones and many non aggressive happy bees.

BUT... I did find the queen... No name... Just the queen. Her colony is VERY mild mannered. A couple of bees got aggravated but they settled down nicely. Kudos for my oldest son who fears bees for standing there and taking pictures.

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[gbrown]

Dang! I thought this was a post about your wife. LOL I'm glad it all ended up well. Tell your son I applaud his courage and tenacity for doing what he had (or needed) to do for you.

[Txcowboy52]

Amazing creatures! Some people are so afraid of them , but I love having them around!

[James Wisner]

Congrats.

A nice looking start there

JW

[bakerjw]

Here is our image gallery link to my bee pics.

http://www.bakerjw.org/PhotoGallery/index.php?/category/1587

[ryanmattes]

You got a strong one! Just a couple weeks in and you're already seeing lots of capped brood, that's great news.

I spotted both of my queens last weekend, and they're both busy girls. I had to add a third box to one hive, and the other will need a third box in the next week or so.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210607/67f775311c08b755e4639732feb191a2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210607/b5cd64e1810d0164cf4dd3e4a8d70efa.jpg

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[bakerjw]

Right now I have them in a 10 frame deep super. They've been really filling the inner 6 frames and re starting to draw comb on the outer 2 on each side. Once the brood starts to hatch and the colony numbers go up, I'll put another deep 10 frame on top of it. Seems like a strong colony to start with so I am pleased.

Now to catch another swarm. I do have 2 swarm traps going right now too.