My Bees Australia

[mick]

pic deleted as I have been looking around and realise its not that good.
About to land.

[mick]

These pics were taken in November 2005 and show what they had been up to on traditional foundation and my dodgy framing after a couple of months. I am keen for people to tell me what is actually going on here. The comb looks so white, is that normal, and those cells in the last pic, what are they?

[thegolfpsycho]

New white wax is normal.  Usually indicates there is a flow going on.  The bullet shaped capped cells look like drone brood from here.  Looks like they reworked your foundation a bit to get what they wanted.  Looks like a pretty small colony.  A division board might work in their favor until they build up some.

[mick]

Thanks for the info golf! This weekend I plan to add another empty box on top in case they are running out of room in there which I suspect they might be. I will add the frames as soon as the pro has wired em and embedded the foundation for me.

[Finsky]

Thanks for the info golf! This weekend I plan to add another empty box on top in case .

If first box is that empty, there is no reason to put more sapce. They should first build this box first. And new bees should first emerge a lot.

[mick]

The pics were taken in November, I have checked the box and its indeed time to add another. All 8 frames appear to be full and they are beginning to use the walls etc. Sorry for the confusion.