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I did a combine on Monday. Used the news paper between brood box method. Put on an empty super to add a feeder. Couple questions.
1. It appeared to me that the 2 hives are pretty well integrated at this point. Lots of newspaper dust bunnies. So I pulled it out this morning. Was 5 days long enough for them to combine?
2. Initially the feeders were going untouched, but on Day 3, they started sucking it down like crazy. Went through a quart yesterday. I added a pint jar this morning and went back ten minutes later and lifted the outer cover and they were packed around the feeding holes. Is this a situation where I feed until the stop? Nectar flow here is really strong right now.
1. It appeared to me that the 2 hives are pretty well integrated at this point. Lots of newspaper dust bunnies. So I pulled it out this morning. Was 5 days long enough for them to combine?
2. Initially the feeders were going untouched, but on Day 3, they started sucking it down like crazy. Went through a quart yesterday. I added a pint jar this morning and went back ten minutes later and lifted the outer cover and they were packed around the feeding holes. Is this a situation where I feed until the stop? Nectar flow here is really strong right now.