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Hello,
I get so much great info from this site. For someone just starting out with bees it is a great help.
I started with two nucs this spring. One was hit by a bear, but the queen survived. They are building up slowly as compared to the other hive. I don't know if it is the lack of bees in that hive or not, but they are drawing their foundation very poorly. I am using all plastic pierco frames. For example between frames they are drawing out one frame very deep into the space of the next frame and not drawing out the next frame at all. Or they are building what looks like big mushrooms. It is a pedistal attached to one frame and then flattens out so they wax can be worked from both sides. Or in areas they are makeing snakes. They drawn comb down the foundation an inch wide in a winding stip but not touching any other parts of the frame. What should I do. Scape it off. Let it go. I am feeding 1:1 syrup to help with comb building.
Thanks
Don
I get so much great info from this site. For someone just starting out with bees it is a great help.
I started with two nucs this spring. One was hit by a bear, but the queen survived. They are building up slowly as compared to the other hive. I don't know if it is the lack of bees in that hive or not, but they are drawing their foundation very poorly. I am using all plastic pierco frames. For example between frames they are drawing out one frame very deep into the space of the next frame and not drawing out the next frame at all. Or they are building what looks like big mushrooms. It is a pedistal attached to one frame and then flattens out so they wax can be worked from both sides. Or in areas they are makeing snakes. They drawn comb down the foundation an inch wide in a winding stip but not touching any other parts of the frame. What should I do. Scape it off. Let it go. I am feeding 1:1 syrup to help with comb building.
Thanks
Don