Of course, as a beginner you make many mistakes, especially if you don't have enough information and guidance. We thought, that we better leave the bees a little bit alone.
After getting our bee colony, the breeder told us, to put another section in the hive after some time. So we did and then we just left them alone.
As we had been to his place to get our second colony, he promised to pass by and have a look at it.
We would have liked to have the second colony before, but the society didn't help very much as we told them. Tightening also of information can also be a policy. Fortunately there is the internet and advice from other bee keepers who are more communicative.
In any case it is advisable to have at least two colonies if something goes wrong. I also find that it is also good to have a possibility to compare if you try to make an experiment. As we opened the bee hive we found that the bees didn't quite have access to the Apifonda which had dried out already. Usually the 2,5 kilo would have been eaten already. So our bees had to look for their food outside which of course throws back the building and tending to larvae.
Moreover we had been told that this sugar dough is not really so good because the bees have to get the water themselves in order to humidify the stuff. Better would be a mix of water and sugar in equal parts in a container with small twigs for the bees to reach the liquid.
Nevertheless, our girls have built quite well, great praise. So now we left the mix and the apifonda, they can choose themselves.
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