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I did an inspection of the 2nd hive body today. I faced things I wasn't prepared for. For one thing, I tried pulling up one frame that seemed to be stuck on something but I couldn't tell what. I pulled and pulled and finally it popped loose. I saw that there was comb on the top of the first hive body that was attached to the frame in 2nd hive body. Even when I pulled it loose it was still too heavy to lift with my cumbersome gloves because I just couldn't get a good confident grip on it (how is that for wimpy). I was afraid I'd drop it so I left it. Then I tried to slide frames over and I couldn't because there appeared to be more comb on that first hive body.
Ok, what now? Do I remove the 2nd hive body and scrape all that comb off the top of the first hive body? I didn't check for queen cells or anything because, as usual, I was so befuddled by the comb that prevented me from moving things smoothly I gave up. Not my shining moment as a beekeeper.
How much moving around of hive bodies is ok at this point?
Ok, what now? Do I remove the 2nd hive body and scrape all that comb off the top of the first hive body? I didn't check for queen cells or anything because, as usual, I was so befuddled by the comb that prevented me from moving things smoothly I gave up. Not my shining moment as a beekeeper.