Hey all,
On my first few hives (because I knew I wanted to run 2 deep brood boxes) I installed bees into the hive and left both deep brood boxes and frames. Now doing inspections regularly I have found that I probably should have just have installed the bees into a single brood box and added the second box later when the time was right.......The bees are doing great, but I have comb build all over the place in both boxes and its a little harder to properly inspect and track progress as a beginner. At this point would it be worth taking the built comb/frames from the top brood box and moving to the bottom (then removing the top) so I can more easily track progress and ensure one area at a time is filled? Thanks all for the help. Thanks all for the help.
On my first few hives (because I knew I wanted to run 2 deep brood boxes) I installed bees into the hive and left both deep brood boxes and frames. Now doing inspections regularly I have found that I probably should have just have installed the bees into a single brood box and added the second box later when the time was right.......The bees are doing great, but I have comb build all over the place in both boxes and its a little harder to properly inspect and track progress as a beginner. At this point would it be worth taking the built comb/frames from the top brood box and moving to the bottom (then removing the top) so I can more easily track progress and ensure one area at a time is filled? Thanks all for the help. Thanks all for the help.