I have 3 hives; 2 survived the winter and seem very strong. One didn't so I closed it up and considered making a split with one of the strong hives.....
My problem though, I have a stack of my unused medium and deep supers on my patio. Some of them have nothing in them, but must have undrawn comb and some (about 25%) have drawn comb. I have deep boxes with medium frames in them too. Well, the other day I saw bees flying around but it. There is a rot hole in the bottom of one of the boxes. I ASSUMED they were goind in an robbing any left over honey that didn't come out when I spun then out last year. However, now there seems to be a lot of bees coming and going. AND, they are bringing pollen INTO the stack of boxes.
So, how much of a mess have I created? Can I try to find the queen and take the frame she is on and the brood and insert them into the closed down hive that I have that didn't survive the winter? Or, should I just leave them alone?
If it matters, I'm in New England - Just outside of Boston.
Bob
My problem though, I have a stack of my unused medium and deep supers on my patio. Some of them have nothing in them, but must have undrawn comb and some (about 25%) have drawn comb. I have deep boxes with medium frames in them too. Well, the other day I saw bees flying around but it. There is a rot hole in the bottom of one of the boxes. I ASSUMED they were goind in an robbing any left over honey that didn't come out when I spun then out last year. However, now there seems to be a lot of bees coming and going. AND, they are bringing pollen INTO the stack of boxes.
So, how much of a mess have I created? Can I try to find the queen and take the frame she is on and the brood and insert them into the closed down hive that I have that didn't survive the winter? Or, should I just leave them alone?
If it matters, I'm in New England - Just outside of Boston.
Bob