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wild comb
Semi New beekeeper here and brand new to the site I hope I have the right forum for this question I have a new 10 frame hive - 2 months old from a nuc, It was filling up fast so about a month ago I added a second brood box to it. I only had 6 frames so I put 3 on each side with the idea of adding some later. Unplanned circumstances required me to go out of town for a few weeks and I wasn’t able to inspect the hive. When I did do so the bees had built comb full of honey up from the top of the lower frames on both sides almost connecting side to side and attached to the feeder box above. Not sure if this is info that’s useful but I live in Central Texas (Hill Country) and have been feeding all 4 of my hives with 1 to one sugar water. Question is do I leave it alone or should I remover the 2nd box, frames, and honeycomb and bring the hive back into a more normal setup, and am open to any suggestions on how to do that. Or is there another approach that anyone would recommend.
Thanks
wildbill1954
Semi New beekeeper here and brand new to the site I hope I have the right forum for this question I have a new 10 frame hive - 2 months old from a nuc, It was filling up fast so about a month ago I added a second brood box to it. I only had 6 frames so I put 3 on each side with the idea of adding some later. Unplanned circumstances required me to go out of town for a few weeks and I wasn’t able to inspect the hive. When I did do so the bees had built comb full of honey up from the top of the lower frames on both sides almost connecting side to side and attached to the feeder box above. Not sure if this is info that’s useful but I live in Central Texas (Hill Country) and have been feeding all 4 of my hives with 1 to one sugar water. Question is do I leave it alone or should I remover the 2nd box, frames, and honeycomb and bring the hive back into a more normal setup, and am open to any suggestions on how to do that. Or is there another approach that anyone would recommend.
Thanks
wildbill1954