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This is a small open air colony I picked up a week ago on a swarm call. It has many fine twigs throughout the comb and I decided not to break apart the comb and string it into frames.
So my strategy is as follows:
1) Allow the colony to fix any messed up comb that may of been damaged with the move.
2) Let the bees start to build up and move onto the comb frames. I will not take out anything till spring.
3) I placed this next to a very strong hive. I will remove the strong hive to another location as soon as the queen and numbers of bees seem safe. This will instantly increase the hive population by a few thousand bees.
4) I will place a super of honey above the deep brood chamber in late September. I will not do this now as I want the empty space to fill in and a natural move be made to the adjoining comb. No sense in overwhelming them now.
5) Next spring, remove any comb as part of a classroom instruction on doing cutouts.
Here is the open air colony.....
So my strategy is as follows:
1) Allow the colony to fix any messed up comb that may of been damaged with the move.
2) Let the bees start to build up and move onto the comb frames. I will not take out anything till spring.
3) I placed this next to a very strong hive. I will remove the strong hive to another location as soon as the queen and numbers of bees seem safe. This will instantly increase the hive population by a few thousand bees.
4) I will place a super of honey above the deep brood chamber in late September. I will not do this now as I want the empty space to fill in and a natural move be made to the adjoining comb. No sense in overwhelming them now.
5) Next spring, remove any comb as part of a classroom instruction on doing cutouts.
Here is the open air colony.....
