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PoppyFlower:
Welcome to Beesource!
Glad to hear that your hive set-up has been reoccupied.
In your specific situation, I suppose my advice might depend upon your approach and goals for this season.
If you are not in a big hurry for surplus gathering and have a few additional boxes laying around, you could consider nadiring (undersupering) the box with the freeform comb in it and work to move this box up and off the colony by years-end.
I am currently doing this with a colony in my yard that was a trap-out last year.
Otherwise, you could consider carefully cutting these combs away and rubber-banding them into frames- the bees will do an admirable job of adhering them to the frames in time and even haul the rubber bands out for you (in most cases).
Again, welcome to the forum and do keep us posted on what you decide to do and how it turns out.
Russ
Welcome to Beesource!
Glad to hear that your hive set-up has been reoccupied.
In your specific situation, I suppose my advice might depend upon your approach and goals for this season.
If you are not in a big hurry for surplus gathering and have a few additional boxes laying around, you could consider nadiring (undersupering) the box with the freeform comb in it and work to move this box up and off the colony by years-end.
I am currently doing this with a colony in my yard that was a trap-out last year.
Otherwise, you could consider carefully cutting these combs away and rubber-banding them into frames- the bees will do an admirable job of adhering them to the frames in time and even haul the rubber bands out for you (in most cases).
Again, welcome to the forum and do keep us posted on what you decide to do and how it turns out.
Russ