bees knees
New Bee
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2010
- Messages
- 98
- Reaction score
- 3
- Location
- worcestershire, uk
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
This wasn't much of a problem when our colonies (from nucs end of June) were much smaller. Now there are many more bees i am finding it harder to replace (as in put back down after lifting) the brood frames (combination of national hoffmans and some with plastic ends) without nearly squashing the bees. What's the best way of persuading them out of the way to avoid squashing? The same goes for moving them off the edges when replacing the crown board. I have been sometimes using smoke to try and move them along but not sure this should be necessary and don't want to use more than i need to. Gloves-wise i wear normal marigolds.
Any tips very welcome!
Any tips very welcome!