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One strong bee hive
This is a strong hive I keep in my apiary. Notice how worker bees wait for the entrance to clear while it is blocked.
6 Responses to “One strong bee hive”
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
I think one of those bees just flew into my window.
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:44 pm
ok well keep an eye out for swarm cells and if you see some, then you know that they are crammed for space
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Ah, but I just added another chamber on a couple weeks ago to make 2, none of my hives are big enough to put supers on yet, but they are gettting there.
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Usually if bees are sitting outside the hive, that means that they are squished for space in the hive. So i would recommend to put another honey super on, to give them more room
July 22nd, 2010 at 6:42 pm
I’m having trouble with my hives and I could use some help. Every day when it gets hot, I see hundreds of bees fly out of every hive (yes I know why) to cool down the hive. The problem I think is that I see waaaaay more bees outside than there should be, almost like it seems to hurt their growth rate having to lose so many workers every day. I was wondering if any of you had any ventilation techniques you could share with me. It would help me a bunch, thanks.
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Nice strong hive of bees you got there