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[Bee]

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[rook66]

View attachment 36162Currently at 4.5 boxes although that nuc will probably get its own full box this weekend

Very neat and tidy, enjoy the weekend

 

[Erichalfbee]

That reminds me.........I must get the strimmer out

 

[enrico]

Are all your supers at right angles to the brood boxes or is that just the way the boxes are made?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

looks very much like cold way supers stacked on warm way deeps

 

[Do224]

looks very much like cold way supers stacked on warm way deeps

Is that ok to do and is there any reason to do it that way?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Is that ok to do and is there any reason to do it that way?

No reason, no benefit and no point.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Is that ok to do and is there any reason to do it that way?

It’s actually better as far as air flow and making honey to have the frames all aligned with each other.

 

[Bee]

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[Bee]

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[pargyle]

Yes - good spot, but they've not got frames in

Supers on hives 2,3 & 4 (number out of shot) don't have frames in them - they're protecting feeders
The feeders all run front to back to make pouring new syrup into them without risking spillage
Those are recent splits/nucs and I'm feeding until they build out to fill the brood boxes

Hive 1, with super 8 & the blue standard brood super are active supers with mixture of capped & uncapped in 8 and drawn comb & light filling in the blue. Those - the ones with frames in - are aligned the same way

You are feeding them at present ? Why ? Their really should be enough forage for them without the need for feeding at present ...

 

[Bee]

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[pargyle]

Because there isn't
They're new splits & nucs looking to build comb in a month in which its rainy & un-flyable two days out of three

There's loads of stuff in bloom down here in Fareham and despite the showers mine are flying - it's not the best spring I've ever seen and it's certainly not a big flow - this week is going to be dry and warm - nudging 18 degrees this afternoon. Keep an eye on the ones with the feeders on, if they are splits and small colonies and it's as poor as you say you could end up with them getting robbed of there is a strong hive next door. Bees are terrible opportunists ..if one gets a whiff of that syrup they willl be in there.

 

[enrico]

Bee, you seem to have deleted all your posts. Please don't be put off by comments even if they seem like criticisms. we are all learning still and other peoples views can be valuable.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Would you like me to put them back @Bee ? Philip has quoted them so they are still visible anyway.

 

[Do224]

I certainly didn’t mean to criticise…just keen to learn