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I've just twigged what you meant by hanging a nationl/langstroth frame into a layens frame. How simple is that. Silly me! The hatching and transition happend so fast and with the queen excluder the open spaces wouldn't have present a problem.

That's exactly what I did, sectioned off a 90 degree hanging space for the natiomnaal frames, filling the open side area with ply and the under and side voids with sawdust and woodland waste (a la eco hive) which all worked well, except the damness of frass warped the Dr Sheraskin hive inner...

Maybe you're right. I'm probably being over caring of all the hard work my poor little ladies have gone to to establish themseves with this stash.

Thank you for that Eric, most helpfull to add to my learning curve, partidularly the desese element, I had overlooked that.

I have no centrifuge extractor and I want to return the frames/comb to the person who gave me the nuc.

I hasten to add that I'd score the capped comb and lay the frames upsiad down. They are a different format/size.

In placing the frames out and away from the hive, I've seen the mass of bees it can attract, which I'm trying to avoid for the neighbours sake. I was curious to know, if I left the frames in their new formatted hive, they might quietly clear all the honey and nectar for themselves, relocating it...

I am changing from a national nuc into a layens 20 frame longhive. I've done the brood hatch transition sicessfully but they've left the capped honey and nectar behind and I wanted them to have it all rather than give it to the bee population in general. I thought if I openned the cappings and...

yes, changing from a national nuc into a layens 20 frame longhive. I've done the brood hatch transition sicessfully but they've left the capped honey and nectar behind and I wanted them to have it all rather than give it to the bee population in general. I thought if I openned the cappings and...

Hello everyone, new here. Does anyone know if you can get bees to migrate their own honey/necter from their old hive into their new transition hive from within it? Thus preventing a free for all feeding frenzy by all and sundry.

My eyes are openned, thank you. Can you imagine your floorbording hive lined in 4mm ply with a 50mm cavity filled with expanding foam? That would have sorted the draughts. I'm having difficulty understanding the workings of the Dartington hive in your photo, have you a loink that might help?

good to know, thanks.

I'm hearing you.

Informative, thank you.

I find your assumption rather rude

Taking all this on board, thanks.

I've been thinking this way myself.

Seconds boxes?