01/07/2025
I did my first beehive inspection today. It was more to do some hive adaptations than it was to inspect, but none the less a quick inspection got done. I didn't take pictures as I didn't want to stress everyone anymore then I had to.
The bees are making their own modifications by building out comb on the frames which they came with, because I put things in a different orientation. Some of this comb is pretty wonky. I may simply add a top bar to these few frames that I placed in sideways, as a temporary fix for now, to help orient the frames a little better... But that's a project for another day.
For now I've added a queen excluder to prevent the bees from building their comb for honey UP and out the feeder hole and into the lid cavity. I've also added a "medium" box with a few frames, so if they want to put some honey stores up higher. They now can. I managed to salvage a few small pieces of their honey comb. It's delicious. I won't be harvesting any honey from this year, as they will need these stores themselves, but I may steal the occasional piece here and there.
Next inspection, I'll get some photos, but there is a lot more bees in there now than when I started.
