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Laura- Check out OTS splitting method at mdaslpitter.com. It refers to taking the queen and two frames of brood to create
a new hive. Take the old hive an notch the cells and let them raise their...

Rick- Look at a hollow tree trunk with bees. Then you decide!

Lauri- Just a thought, I use a lot of double deep 5frame langs, if you put them on 2x4's like Inbjr suggested
it might work out to be a nice little setup. I love your idea.

Hello Brian, Sent you a PM if interested contact me.

aspen- Close up the dead colony to prevent robbing. Then put your pkg. in it, when it arrives.

Jonny- Perfectly done split. Should have notched a frame or two of 36 hr or less to raise a new Queen, but they will
do that on their own. See mdasplitter.com Mel Disselkohn's OTS method is great.

Laura- Feed the bees their own honey back, creamed like fondant. Doesn't get any better than that,
outside of their own comb which I do also.

Lori- You don't need an excluder for comb honey. I do strictly cut comb, with a full sheet of foundation in each frame
of my supers. I also use slatted racks like Dr. C.C. Miller and it helps to...

Flowerplanter, I use both slatted racks and top entrances with my hives, along with a 2" deep solid bottom board.
I use a 3/8" top entrance across the top in summer and a 1/2" hole in a feeder rim...

Hamp- You might want to try "Classic" Woodlife clear coat preservative on the exterior of your hives.
It is an excellent wood preservative. The co. also makes "Coppercoat" preservative might help...

Rick- Mel improved upon C.C Miller and Doolittle's methods and it beats the varroa cycle if you
have that problem. It relies also on July splits, which give you good young queens going into
winter.

6010, Give Mel Disselkoen's OTS splitting method a chance. It really works.

Rail, I don't go into my nuc hives much until spring. Then I usually have brood in both boxes with honey and pollen on outside frames.
Never opened them up in summer to look. I use 2x12's for boxes...

Rick, Yes a 5fr deep is the same as a 8fr medium. Two double deeps should yield you honey and will overwinter just
fine in Iowa. I use them exclusively.

Adam, You can purchase woven burlap at a fabric store. Cut into pieces to fit top bars and leave a
2" space in front for the bees to come up and feed on cremed honey or fondant. Use a rim not an...