So I screwed up hiving this year. I went and purchased a couple packages with my 80 y/o neighbor and along the way he was telling me that the best way to hive the package is to take out 5-6 frames from the brood chamber, and leave the package in there. So I decided to try that. Well, I live just West of Houston, and right after the hiving it rained for 2 weeks straight. I didn't get back into the hive until two weeks later and now that brood chamber is FULL of wild comb. Heavy wild comb hanging over where the empty package had been laying in the brood box, attached to the inner cover above. Now I can't inspect the wild comb, and am afraid of rotating the inner cover over to look at it for fear of accidentally breaking it off. I'll have no way to reattach the wild comb, and risk killing the queen and any young brood developing in this comb. And if I add a medium super now, there will be the huge flow restriction of the inner cover!
I have one really crappy idea for fixing this, but I thought I'd try this forum and see what advice I'd get.
-Brian
I have one really crappy idea for fixing this, but I thought I'd try this forum and see what advice I'd get.
-Brian