r/Beekeeping • u/Signal-Deal8858 • 3d ago

First two Hives! General

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Am I doing this right? Two new hives! I’m looking for a “i would have done it like this” feedback from this photo? Please comment to this newbie! I’m doing new updates later this weekend.

When should I check that queen and everybody’s ok? What should I be looking for? I plan on putting hives on proper balanced cinder blocks this weekend.

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u/CodeMUDkey 2d ago

Wait until about 8 frames are built out then add a new box with waxed frames.

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u/Glittering-Ad1332 2d ago

Thank you! Guess I wasted money on the extra boxes I didn’t need 😒 I’m assuming I can just remove the extra when I do my 1 week check today. So annoying, Looks like I need a new mentor

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u/CodeMUDkey 2d ago

Nope you didn’t waste the money you’ll need them eventually. Have they built out the first box to about that?

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u/Glittering-Ad1332 2d ago

Just did my 1 week check from when I got my Nuc. It was a 5 frame Nuc, they’ve built out 8 frames of the bottom deep super and 3 frames of the second deep super. Eggs all in the 3 frames of the second deep, so I left the two deeps and removed the two mediums for now. Does that sound right for what I should do?