[WilliamsHoneyBees]

I have 4 medium supers with bottom boards and entrance reducers. I don't have tops for them, but what I was thinking of doing was screwing down a piece of plywood to the top. I have 40 frames of drawn comb to use in these boxes and some lemongrass oil. Will this setup work and are medium supers big enough to use? Also with using entrance reducers what size hole should I leave open for them?


Thanks,
Dan

 

[Fuzzy]

You did not indicate if the drawn comb was honey comb or brood comb. Brood comb works well but I have not had any success with honey comb. As for the hole size I prefer about 1 inch.

 

[WilliamsHoneyBees]

I'm not real sure. I'm new to this and I got the old comb off of a guy. It's really dark almost brown so I would asume it's brood comb.

Thanks
Dan

 

[queenking]

is lemon oil the same as lemon grass oil

 

[peacekeeperapiaries]

No they are different products, you want LEMONGRASS OIL

 

[queenking]

were do i get lemongrassoil from

 

[WilliamsHoneyBees]

Do a search on the internet. You can buy it on ebay.

 

[peacekeeperapiaries]

health food stores is where I buy it, or use the search function above there have been several threads on LGO

 

[Budster]

I'm not real sure. I'm new to this and I got the old comb off of a guy. It's really dark almost brown so I would asume it's brood comb.

Thanks
Dan

If its really dark, probably so.

 

[WilliamsHoneyBees]

So does anyone know if mediums are big enough or what size to put the entrace reducer on?

Thanks
Dan

 

[WilliamsHoneyBees]

Posted the question over on the bee forum as well.