Jimmys Mum
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2012
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- Location
- Berkshire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 13
Hello,
First time of doing a bailey comb change on 2 of my strong hives (6 & 8 frames bias) and I have a quick question.
A week ago I put a new box of foundation above the old with a feeder above and I'm ready to go in tomorrow to put the queen up top and insert the queen excluder and create a new entrance to the top box.
My question is, ........is it going to be a problem if the bees have already started to fill those newly drawn frames with nectar (or syrup come to that) and there's not much space for HM to lay up there? Should I pop a frame of emerging brood up there? Being relatively new, I don't have any drawn comb to use.
Will the bees just shift it around/use it to draw more comb? I have OSR nearby and another of my hives is happily filling a super.
It may not be an issue but wondered if I need a plan b up my sleeve just in case.
Thanks
JM
First time of doing a bailey comb change on 2 of my strong hives (6 & 8 frames bias) and I have a quick question.
A week ago I put a new box of foundation above the old with a feeder above and I'm ready to go in tomorrow to put the queen up top and insert the queen excluder and create a new entrance to the top box.
My question is, ........is it going to be a problem if the bees have already started to fill those newly drawn frames with nectar (or syrup come to that) and there's not much space for HM to lay up there? Should I pop a frame of emerging brood up there? Being relatively new, I don't have any drawn comb to use.
Will the bees just shift it around/use it to draw more comb? I have OSR nearby and another of my hives is happily filling a super.
It may not be an issue but wondered if I need a plan b up my sleeve just in case.
Thanks
JM