Hi Everybody,
I'm a Beek in Australia - things are warming up over here as our summer comes in...
I have a question - i have a hive (one of 13) - which is my favourite - it was my first ever hive! It's three full depth boxes high with a very productive queen. I have been aay for four weeks and before i left i put a third box with undrawn foundation in the middle. The brood nest was booming in the bottom box. I came home yesterday and did my first inspection for four weeks... The brood nest is now booming in the top box, the middle box has mostly drawn foundation with some new eggs as well as some nectar, the bottom box is packed full or pollen and nectar. I took the top box, the one packed full of brood, and moved it to the bottom... then i left the middle box (with some stores and fresh eggs) in the middle and i put the pollen/nectar stores on the very top. Was that a wise idea? I'm trying to encourage the queen to draw out all the frames and increase the hive population to maximise foraging when the flow starts