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I have been given access to a deep hive box that has not been worked in at least two years.
When I looked in the box, there weren't very many bees at all The bees were very calm and docile and that is with no smoke at all. Here's the problem.
The bees have waxed and propolised the entire box. The frames will not even come out of the box. They are all stuck together even to the point of coming apart when I try to lift them out.
It looks like the comb has warped badly and that the frames no longer run up and down smoothly, if that makes any sense. The comb is warped inoto other frames, etc., etc.
What can I do?
When I looked in the box, there weren't very many bees at all The bees were very calm and docile and that is with no smoke at all. Here's the problem.
The bees have waxed and propolised the entire box. The frames will not even come out of the box. They are all stuck together even to the point of coming apart when I try to lift them out.
It looks like the comb has warped badly and that the frames no longer run up and down smoothly, if that makes any sense. The comb is warped inoto other frames, etc., etc.
What can I do?