Hi everyone,
I’m a fairly new beekeeper living in south west Wales.
This is my first full year keeping bees and have just one colony. They seem to be doing okay despite being moved a few times. I thought they might swarm this year as they looked crowed but didn’t.
I’d like to change the brood chamber. The one they’re in is not quite square and has a few gaps which they use as entrances, so difficult to defend from wasp robbers later.
Is it as simple as moving each frame into the new brood chamber? should I leave the empty one on top for a bit to let the others wander down?
Jason
I’m a fairly new beekeeper living in south west Wales.
This is my first full year keeping bees and have just one colony. They seem to be doing okay despite being moved a few times. I thought they might swarm this year as they looked crowed but didn’t.
I’d like to change the brood chamber. The one they’re in is not quite square and has a few gaps which they use as entrances, so difficult to defend from wasp robbers later.
Is it as simple as moving each frame into the new brood chamber? should I leave the empty one on top for a bit to let the others wander down?
Jason