Hello all!
Back on May 31st I took my hive home from the apiary. This year my step mother and I went in and got a few hives together. The guy took out 5 of our frames in a 10 frame langstroth in which he was very particular to have it built a specific way and replaced them with 5 frames of one of his hives and a new queen. This started the beginning of may.
I checked on them today after feeding them 1:1 sugar water every day and they have 8.25 frames filled. I moved the partially empty and fully empty frame to the middle of the box since they were on the right side edge and started building my next brood box.
I know I know it should have already been ready but I have been pretty busy with many projects recently.
The next 10 frame box is just like the first but I am using foundation-less frames. Last year on a late season swarm I caught I used the same frame method and it seemed to work out. These are simple frames ripped from 1X2X8 that are $1.08 at lowes and employ the simple Popsicle guide. It should have all the paint and glue dry by tomorrow afternoon and I'll add it then.
Do you think there will be any confusion with mixing one box with bees wax foundation frames and another with the Popsicle stick foundation-less frames?
Back on May 31st I took my hive home from the apiary. This year my step mother and I went in and got a few hives together. The guy took out 5 of our frames in a 10 frame langstroth in which he was very particular to have it built a specific way and replaced them with 5 frames of one of his hives and a new queen. This started the beginning of may.
I checked on them today after feeding them 1:1 sugar water every day and they have 8.25 frames filled. I moved the partially empty and fully empty frame to the middle of the box since they were on the right side edge and started building my next brood box.
I know I know it should have already been ready but I have been pretty busy with many projects recently.
The next 10 frame box is just like the first but I am using foundation-less frames. Last year on a late season swarm I caught I used the same frame method and it seemed to work out. These are simple frames ripped from 1X2X8 that are $1.08 at lowes and employ the simple Popsicle guide. It should have all the paint and glue dry by tomorrow afternoon and I'll add it then.
Do you think there will be any confusion with mixing one box with bees wax foundation frames and another with the Popsicle stick foundation-less frames?