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Checked all colony's in the last week, everything made it through the winter, all colony's were treated apigaurd in September and later with 3.2% oxalic acid dribble in early Jan with the average drop of 10 -20 mites in the first 24 hrs. One colony had a massive drop of 300 - 400 mites in 24...

the temperature had indeed dropped a bit when the drone comb was built and for the most part it seemed to be on the outer edges of the brood nest, the foundation was less than a year old. thanks for the help

Yes its the same in all 5. There all b.s national broods with 11 frames in them, Im not opposed to a bit of drone comb i just wasnt expecting 30 or so percent of the new comb to be drawn out for drone, it seems to be a waste of resources having that many drones, If i break down the drone brood...

Having made 5 colonys from single to double brood about 3 weeks ago, im after getting a huge amount of drone brood built in the top box. The boxes were added with frames of worker foundation, on top of the original brood box a week before i moved them to osr. There was a good flow and most...