simonorchard
New Bee
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2010
- Messages
- 14
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- 0
- Location
- Kilburn, London
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Hi
I am a brand new beekeeper in London. I have a national hive with 14x12 brood box and deep fames of foundation to fit. However I have just purchased bees (1 week ago) on 8 frames of standard. And at the time of purchasing the guy added 2 frames of my 14x12 foundation into the brood box - so it has 8 standard brood frames and 2 frames of 14x12 foundation. How do I work the standard frames out to replace with my new deep foundation? Obviously I don't want to waste any brood so is there a way of stopping the queen laying on the old frames so that I can just wait until the brood has all hatched, brush off the bees and remove the frame, replacing with the deep frames?
thanks for any help
I am a brand new beekeeper in London. I have a national hive with 14x12 brood box and deep fames of foundation to fit. However I have just purchased bees (1 week ago) on 8 frames of standard. And at the time of purchasing the guy added 2 frames of my 14x12 foundation into the brood box - so it has 8 standard brood frames and 2 frames of 14x12 foundation. How do I work the standard frames out to replace with my new deep foundation? Obviously I don't want to waste any brood so is there a way of stopping the queen laying on the old frames so that I can just wait until the brood has all hatched, brush off the bees and remove the frame, replacing with the deep frames?
thanks for any help