Yep, That would be my thought also,Others may have better answers, but 50 deg seems kind of cool to be doing brood frame inspections. At that temperature I would think the bees are still semi-clustered. Disruption of the brood nest might have a negative impact, there could be some loss from chilled brood. I won't pull brood frames unless it's 60 deg or better. But that's just me.
Yes. What are you examining for?To examine frames with open brood...would a sunny day at 50deg be safe if done quickly?
I would open the hive, remove an outside frame, spread the brood frames apart enough to take a new frame, and then close it back up. Go to another hive, find a frame of open/young brood, and stick that into the open space in the other hive. If your hive is queenless then that aught to fix it w/ a minimum amount of frame manipulation.Reason for inspection: I have a feral colony that is queenless...I think...taken from a fallen tree ...would like to transfer open brood frames to increase chances of survival. What would you do?
When were they taken? What made you think they were queen less?, When was the last prior "looking in"? What did u see on/in the frames then?Reason for inspection: I have a feral colony that is queenless...I think...taken from a fallen tree ...would like to transfer open brood frames to increase chances of survival. What would you do?