I've got 8 hives that are brooding up pretty well now, and have 5 to 6 frames covered in top and bottom boxes (medium). But I have two that are quite weak, with a light 1 to 2 frames of bees. These two have food supplies right on the edges of the cluster.
Its a very early build up for this area with such a mild winter, so I'm wondering if I can add a frame of capped brood (or two), and the bees on the frames, to each of these two hives to give them a boost? It wont hurt the build up of these other hives as we have a while to go before the big nectar flow hits.
I attached a weather foercast for the area, and I think if I did this, it would be best on sat/sun 22/23 after the colder thu/fri this week.
just combining them would not be big improvement, but a couple of full frames would really fill it out in a couple of weeks.
thoughts on this?
Its a very early build up for this area with such a mild winter, so I'm wondering if I can add a frame of capped brood (or two), and the bees on the frames, to each of these two hives to give them a boost? It wont hurt the build up of these other hives as we have a while to go before the big nectar flow hits.
I attached a weather foercast for the area, and I think if I did this, it would be best on sat/sun 22/23 after the colder thu/fri this week.
just combining them would not be big improvement, but a couple of full frames would really fill it out in a couple of weeks.
thoughts on this?
