An easy and fast method to estimate the number of frames with eggs, open brood, sealed brood, and bees in the brood chamber at the time of the inspection of a hive

Abstract

AbstractWhen a beekeeper is inspecting a hive, he wants to have an idea of how many frames are occupied by eggs, open brood, sealed brood, bees and honey, to be aware of the hive’s immediate or near-future needs. This method has to do with how to estimate those variables relating individually and numerically to the surfaces they occupy on both sides of each frame.Keywords: Beeopen broodsealed broodeggshiveinspection Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).