MrMouse

just an expensive pacamac, no better or worse than a Barbour, trouble is with all these is, they may stop the rain getting in but you...

I was down near the bees today so thought I’d pop in. Too cold to do any inspecting of the brood, but I couldn’t resist lifting the lid...

in that case, just keep the emptiest frame or two from the brood box to leave with the queen. Many people just leaves the queen on a box...

Thanks all, this is reassuring as my queen finding skills need some work. Sadly I don’t have any drawn comb to spare. We’ll see how we...

no reason at all not to. You don't need a frame of brood down there, I never do when shaking them down, but a few frames of drawn comb...

What's the betting you spot the queen in the process! Have a COT and a marking pen handy 🙂

Put as much drawn comb in the bottom box as you can spare.

That's pretty much the way I did it last year. Young bees were back up to the brood like rats up a drainpipe. James

Hi folks, I’ve got a thriving double brood colony that I’d like to demaree over the next few weeks. I can’t, however, find the...

Definitely not, your queen could do with space and as your super sounds like it's mainly foundation, any incoming nectar is going to end...

Reconfigured to double brood, I’ve split the brood over the two boxes as suggested. Thanks all!

just remember that just dumping a deep of foundation (either under or over) probably won't work in your case so heed Hemo's advice in...

Double brood it is then! Thanks all - I’ll go back to them after lunch.

They clearly need space as does the queen , laying is only going to increase so double brood is the obvious option for now, weather...

Thanks for your replies so far. I’ve got 4 brood frames of stores that I could extract but some of it will be crystallised I expect...