During the growing season, a bee hive needs to be inspected every 7-10 days to check on the health and well-being of the colony. Is the queen actively producing young? Are the workers collecting enough pollen and/or creating enough honey reserves for the community? Are the bees healthy?
Our bee hive only consist of a bottom super presently at this time as we started this year with a nuk box (a young colony divided from an already established colony). So far only about half of the frames are 'bee busy'. As the weather warms, and more flower come into bloom (e.g. blackberry), the bees will quickly kill up the other frame - so long as the queen remains actively laying eggs.
We use a bee hive tool to separate the frames from one another - dislodging the build-up of propolis put there strategically by the bees.
Each frame is inspected one by one.
Busy, busy, busy bees! The glistening open cells are honey in the picture below, there are also capped honey cells visible here, and capped brood.
I am so loving this!
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