A month ago I brought a split with a purchased Russian queen to my fathers house, They had two frames of uncapped honey and three frames of brood.
I had instructed him to feed 2:1 sugar water so they will build comb. He says they have been drinking it like crazy, a full mason jar every day!
I went to look at the split today, they filled all the frames with sugar water honey and only left a 4" x 3" patch in the middle of each frame for brood. They have good numbers still but are obviously honey bound.
Did we feed too much? I added an empty brood comb from another hive in the middle of the brood frames to try and give them more space, I'm surprised they aren't building comb.
I had instructed him to feed 2:1 sugar water so they will build comb. He says they have been drinking it like crazy, a full mason jar every day!
I went to look at the split today, they filled all the frames with sugar water honey and only left a 4" x 3" patch in the middle of each frame for brood. They have good numbers still but are obviously honey bound.
Did we feed too much? I added an empty brood comb from another hive in the middle of the brood frames to try and give them more space, I'm surprised they aren't building comb.