Beginner's Guide to Reading a Brood Frame in Australia

Beginner's Guide to Reading a Brood FrameThe ability to read a brood frame — to interpret what you see when inspecting a hive — is the fundamental skill that separates a confident beekeeper from one who opens the hive and is overwhelmed. A guide to what you are looking at.Growing GuideA healthy brood frame shows: eggs (tiny rice-grain-sized objects standing upright in cells — visible in bright sunlight when held at the right angle); young larvae (white, comma-shaped, curled in a pool of ro…