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I had Joined this forum last year around this time with question about the honey bee's that had came back to the grain barn at my house. My question is this they have done well on repopulating and now at night they are all over the the outside of their home/hive.
The swarm is about the size of a car door and about 3" thick they are all on top of each other buzzing loudly.
My question is this what type of hive should i make or should i make a 4" high by 3" wide box with a hinged front and small side doors to check the combs.
I'll have angled comb post so they can build their combs.
Or should i just buy a hive box but they require deviders for the comb. I have found a nice simple at backyardhive which looks quite simple i could make one like it and have the back attached to the hive thats in the grain barn. Will that allow the Queen to stay where she is and they could make the combs with the honey in the new hive. Below are some pictures of the hive i'm talking about thanks any input would be helpfull. My 12 years old is looking forward to building something for them. Or if i wait to long will they leave for a new home they had only started to swarm in the past few days
I had Joined this forum last year around this time with question about the honey bee's that had came back to the grain barn at my house. My question is this they have done well on repopulating and now at night they are all over the the outside of their home/hive.
The swarm is about the size of a car door and about 3" thick they are all on top of each other buzzing loudly.
My question is this what type of hive should i make or should i make a 4" high by 3" wide box with a hinged front and small side doors to check the combs.
I'll have angled comb post so they can build their combs.
Or should i just buy a hive box but they require deviders for the comb. I have found a nice simple at backyardhive which looks quite simple i could make one like it and have the back attached to the hive thats in the grain barn. Will that allow the Queen to stay where she is and they could make the combs with the honey in the new hive. Below are some pictures of the hive i'm talking about thanks any input would be helpfull. My 12 years old is looking forward to building something for them. Or if i wait to long will they leave for a new home they had only started to swarm in the past few days


