Second Hive Inspection - Beginner Beekeepers - Episode 3 - Reading the Frames

Another hive inspection is done! I made a HUGE rookie mistake dropping that frame and I'm crossing my fingers that they don't remember it next time we open up this hive...
We didn't set ourselves up for success by doing this inspection in the evening and not bringing our smoker... lesson learned... we will do all inspections mid day from now on and will bring that smoker in case things get crazy like they did in this video!
In this video you'll see us take our time and really read the frames to identify capped brood, drone brood, larva, nectar, pollen, and honey! We have a lot of drone cells right now and quite a bit of honeycomb being built at the bottom of the frames. We removed some and left some so we will see if they recreate it over the next couple weeks. If you're a beekeeper, what do you think about that build up on the bottom of the frames?
We spotted our queen again which is always a day maker & we were pleased to see the bees building out a good comb pattern on frames that were untouched during our last check.
We removed the feeder and added 2 new frames with extra beeswax melted on to give them a head start too.
Here is the beeswax we used:
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Let me know in the comments how you're liking the bee videos! Thank you for watching!
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[@Serendipity_Strawberry_Farm]

Ive spent the last year training with my mentor for my own bees to arrive. Our first colony delivered to our property almost 3 months ago now. I found that my colony grew so quickly that i have had to install a second brood box already with more frames for them to work as they ran out of room to lay eggs, building comb on the interior lid and under the frames. My mentor had been injured and was in hospital when i discovered 5 queen cells about 2.5 weeks ago and his advice seeing as though i could see lava was to kill the queen cells. Felt like such a sad thing to do but he advised that if I didn’t do it they would swarm once the queen cells emerged and i would lose my colony. We are located in Australia and chose to use the flowhive 2 as our colony for ease of harvest of the honey this season. We also have Australian stingless native bees coming in December which is exciting and frightening at the same time. I am very interested to watch more of your bee videos. I hate how big the fingers are on the gloves as well, they feel like they are made for a giant not for dainty women’s hands. Im thinking about getting a pair of the leather gardening gloves in the smallest size possible and using my thumb elastic to keep the arms of my suit down over the ends of the gloves so that the bees can’t go up inside my suit, but will give me the movement and fit that i want to deal with the frames. I find that these giant fingers get caught underneath the frames as Im trying to put the frames back in which then causes anxiety which Im sure the bees pick up on. Ive just watched your video installing the cattle panel which i found really informative. Im looking forward to binging some of videos. Have a great weekend Cheers Theresa - Australia

[@gardenrowes]

My husband and I are first time beekeepers this year in Michigan too!! Your hive looks great. There’s so many unknowns, you’re doing great!

[@MorethanGardening]

Thank you!! It’s so cool hearing from another beekeeper in Michigan! We’re in this together 🤠

[@Truongthikimcuong92]

🖐️ Nice to meet you ❤🙏

[@Princesojibcooking]

Awesome video. What country is it?