Where the spacer was for the mite treatment the had built a lot of burr comb and had started putting nectar and eggs in it. It was a shame to have to scrape it out.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
DHS and swarm prevention
In this hive I didn't see any swarm cell, but it was busting at the seams. I checker boarded the brood chamber that completely filled the deep. I pulled 3 frames and put in empty frames, the 3 that I pulled I put together in the middle of the extra deep and put in empty frames around it. The medium that was on top was full of nectar and pollen so I just replaced it and hope that the 10 empty deep frames will keep the nurse bees busy and the queen more space to lay. I'm hoping that when I get back from my trip in 12 days that the medium will be capped and the tulip popular should be in flow so I will need to pull anything that is capped and add another medium.
Where the spacer was for the mite treatment the had built a lot of burr comb and had started putting nectar and eggs in it. It was a shame to have to scrape it out.


Where the spacer was for the mite treatment the had built a lot of burr comb and had started putting nectar and eggs in it. It was a shame to have to scrape it out.
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