Fizz
New Bee
- Joined
- Aug 22, 2019
- Messages
- 19
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- North Somerset
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 2
Hi
I have made a bit of a cock up - and now need some help to sort it out ASAP!
I wanted to combine a 14x12 brood box with no queen - with a 6 frame nuc with a good queen.
I transferred the nuc to a 14x12 but forgot I'd need spare frames to fill it up and put the full 14 x 12 on top of the newspaper anyway.
So my question is - how long can i leave it before the gaps downstairs fill up with wild comb? and whats the shortest time i can leave it before they eat through the paper?
I'm hoping the answert will be - they will chew through the paper in 2 to 3 days, at which point i can go back and transfer frames from the top into the bottom before it fills up with wild comb.
Am I on planet la la? or is that a reasonable plan to get me out of this mess?
I have made a bit of a cock up - and now need some help to sort it out ASAP!
I wanted to combine a 14x12 brood box with no queen - with a 6 frame nuc with a good queen.
I transferred the nuc to a 14x12 but forgot I'd need spare frames to fill it up and put the full 14 x 12 on top of the newspaper anyway.
So my question is - how long can i leave it before the gaps downstairs fill up with wild comb? and whats the shortest time i can leave it before they eat through the paper?
I'm hoping the answert will be - they will chew through the paper in 2 to 3 days, at which point i can go back and transfer frames from the top into the bottom before it fills up with wild comb.
Am I on planet la la? or is that a reasonable plan to get me out of this mess?