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Thank you in advance.
I am a second year keeper and have a question or two. I am working my bees and on my hives that I have two or more supers on I find bridge comb in between the first and the second super frames. Should I pull the top super completely off and spend the time to clean all of that bridge comb out (I think I want it out). If I do pull the top super off how do I get the bees to leave that comb alone while I clean it out. How do I keep from squishing my queen if she is in the top super? My worker bees want to fix the broken bridge comb right away and I hate to smoke them if I don't have to just to clean it out. I didn't smoke them much at all last year until late in the summer when they were very protective.
Sometimes I feel like I am totally new to all of this.
I am a second year keeper and have a question or two. I am working my bees and on my hives that I have two or more supers on I find bridge comb in between the first and the second super frames. Should I pull the top super completely off and spend the time to clean all of that bridge comb out (I think I want it out). If I do pull the top super off how do I get the bees to leave that comb alone while I clean it out. How do I keep from squishing my queen if she is in the top super? My worker bees want to fix the broken bridge comb right away and I hate to smoke them if I don't have to just to clean it out. I didn't smoke them much at all last year until late in the summer when they were very protective.
Sometimes I feel like I am totally new to all of this.