Firegazer
House Bee
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2009
- Messages
- 291
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 3
OK, I need advice (as usual).
I currently have a growing colony in a single poly brood box. They will probably run out of room in the next 2 - 3 weeks.
After last winter, my sole aim with this colony is survival, so I'd like to let them build up stores, and keep them for the winter.
It would seem logical, in a sort of Warré way, to add the empty box of frames under the current box so the colony can grow downwards and end up with broodnest on all new comb at the bottom and stores above in the current box.
Is this sensible and workable?
How do you inspect double brood box configurations? Lump the top box off onto a spare floor and go through it with a crownboard on the bottom one? Will a full-depth Langstroth poly BB full of honey be impossible to lift without a crane?
What do you think?
FG
I currently have a growing colony in a single poly brood box. They will probably run out of room in the next 2 - 3 weeks.
After last winter, my sole aim with this colony is survival, so I'd like to let them build up stores, and keep them for the winter.
It would seem logical, in a sort of Warré way, to add the empty box of frames under the current box so the colony can grow downwards and end up with broodnest on all new comb at the bottom and stores above in the current box.
Is this sensible and workable?
How do you inspect double brood box configurations? Lump the top box off onto a spare floor and go through it with a crownboard on the bottom one? Will a full-depth Langstroth poly BB full of honey be impossible to lift without a crane?
What do you think?
FG