So, I have a package hive that grew and grew and grew.
It's fall, and I've harvested twice, but I cannot keep these ladies to contain themselves.
In the last harvest, I reduced them once again by a box, giving them a clean-up box on top.
However, they show no signs of stopping.
How many boxes should this giant hive be by winter?
How do I get them to condense resources, other by harvesting full combs and then restoring wet combs above the cover board?
I would very much like to have hives live over the winter....last winter in Iowa had polar vortex and almost nobody survived.
It's fall, and I've harvested twice, but I cannot keep these ladies to contain themselves.
In the last harvest, I reduced them once again by a box, giving them a clean-up box on top.
However, they show no signs of stopping.
How many boxes should this giant hive be by winter?
How do I get them to condense resources, other by harvesting full combs and then restoring wet combs above the cover board?
I would very much like to have hives live over the winter....last winter in Iowa had polar vortex and almost nobody survived.
