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- From: Lew Hassell <lew.hassell AT gmail.com>
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- Subject: [ocba] First timer questions
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 12:52:51 -0400
A number of questions from a first time bee-er.
Just came in from adding my first super on both my hives. These are from
the April 19 batch. There is lots of brood, some honey around the brood,
and a couple of frames with honey and pollen. Is this timing right?
I also noticed in at least one hive what seemed to be a queen cell being
drawn. Is this right?
Lastly, I noticed wood roaches, mainly dead (I am assuming the ladies did
that job), in both hives. But I also saw on very alive black widow in the
top of one hive. Well, it was alive until I crushed it with a (leather
gloved) hand. Do/can/will bees kill black widows?
Thanks in advance for answers. And happy Memorial Day to all.
Lew H
Just came in from adding my first super on both my hives. These are from
the April 19 batch. There is lots of brood, some honey around the brood,
and a couple of frames with honey and pollen. Is this timing right?
I also noticed in at least one hive what seemed to be a queen cell being
drawn. Is this right?
Lastly, I noticed wood roaches, mainly dead (I am assuming the ladies did
that job), in both hives. But I also saw on very alive black widow in the
top of one hive. Well, it was alive until I crushed it with a (leather
gloved) hand. Do/can/will bees kill black widows?
Thanks in advance for answers. And happy Memorial Day to all.
Lew H
- [ocba] First timer questions, Lew Hassell, 05/28/2013
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