Swarm Regular Check up
June 20, 2008 1:09 pm Swarm Bee HiveI got into the swarm hive yesterday. Everything looked great. The Bees have completely filled the lower super and have pulled out comb on 5 of the 9 frames in the upper super. I still have the in hive feeder in the upper supper, but they have hardly used any of the syrup. I used the black plastic foundation in the wood frames in the upper super and the girls have not minded them over the wax foundation. I think I will have to put another super on next week. That will be awesome to already have a honey super that I will be able to extract. The swarm seems to be doing great. They are super productive, even more so than the bee package. At this rate, they will surpass the package hive at Emmy’s house.
I did notice that they are more aggressive than the package bees. They could be a different breed, or it could just be the shear number of bees. The bees react to me much more so than the package hive, in that I notice when I am holding a frame the bees are very sensitive to my breath. I just found this interesting.
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Mark :
Date: June 23, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
Considering the bees some seem to care either way, would you recommend the black plastic foundation or the wax foundation for a new hive? Is one style more expensive?
admin :
Date: June 27, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
It’s too early for me to tell. I am hoping the black plastic foundation works. I think it will be easier to see the eggs. According to the girl at Jones Bees, the black plastic foundation works best for the honey supers. We’ll see.
Vik :
Date: August 24, 2008 @ 10:41 pm
Good ideas. Added links on my site
Jeff :
Date: April 14, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
sooo did you decide if the black forms were Better then the normal ones?
Andrew :
Date: April 15, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
I definitely like the the black plastic foundation over the white wax foundation. For one, you can see the eggs much more clearly, and two they are a lot more sturdy for the bees to build the comb on.