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On Sunday afternoon I was at the hives and found one hive queenless and pretty dwindled down, 4 frames of bees. I decided to newspaper combine to a strong hive. I used 2 layers, and due to the size of the newspaper it came to 4 sheet. I put in a couple slits here and there, then put the queenless box on top.
Went back this morning, Thursday, and took the lid off the hive. I was puzzled thinking I was in the wrong hive, but there was a 1" rim of newspaper outside the boxes. There was not one single bit of newspaper inside. In front of the hive were a bunch of small pieces of newspaper. But nothing inside. I even tipped up the box to check--nothing.
I've done many combines this way and never have seen them remove all the paper like they did this time.
Is this typical?
Went back this morning, Thursday, and took the lid off the hive. I was puzzled thinking I was in the wrong hive, but there was a 1" rim of newspaper outside the boxes. There was not one single bit of newspaper inside. In front of the hive were a bunch of small pieces of newspaper. But nothing inside. I even tipped up the box to check--nothing.
I've done many combines this way and never have seen them remove all the paper like they did this time.
Is this typical?