Lets forget the pros/cons of "checkerboarding", "reversing bottom boxes", "moving frames of brood arround", etc. for now. I've been reading a lot of posts on there subjects and writings by Walt, Taylor, Inirie, Bush & others. :s What I can not get a handle on is the timing/when!! Consider that I am in NW Ohio; winter & spring weather here can be a real!!
Does one do any/or all (of above) at the same time or in stages?
Same for feeding, if necessary? I just do not know when its safe to open hives weather /temp. wise!
I have not had a day above 30 since late December 09, so I do not even know what is going on in the hives!
I do know one thing though: yesterday was calm and in the upper 20s, so I removed the entrance reducers (lower, most langs.) took a hooked devive and droug out 100s of dead bees. :scratch:: :s
Does one do any/or all (of above) at the same time or in stages?
Same for feeding, if necessary? I just do not know when its safe to open hives weather /temp. wise!
I have not had a day above 30 since late December 09, so I do not even know what is going on in the hives!
I do know one thing though: yesterday was calm and in the upper 20s, so I removed the entrance reducers (lower, most langs.) took a hooked devive and droug out 100s of dead bees. :scratch:: :s