tkwinston4
Field Bee
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2009
- Messages
- 535
- Reaction score
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- Hive Type
- Smith
- Number of Hives
- 7
Hi guys
A friend has raised the following questions and i wonder if you would be good enough to answer them for her?
1) When renewing the Brood comb and replacing with undrawn, - how do you get the comb cleaned out ? e.g. if it is brood in it, and stores ? You can't place it up with the supers for them to hatch, as it is too big ?
2) As I have split my hive into two - I now have a Queen Cell hatching out.(Fingers crossed) - I will know her age when she appears. But my Old Queen now on the old site in a new brood box I do not know how old she is because she swarmed into my hive. Will she just die of old age and possibly not leave a new Queen.? Or what will/should happen about her.
I will check to see what is happening in there since I split/moved her onto new box on 5th May.
Oh Yes No 3........... in my hive there are shallows with stores in it - how will I know if it is SUGAR SYRUP they stored - or do they do a miracle with it and turn the water into the wine! or rather turn it to Honey ?
Hope they all make sense
A friend has raised the following questions and i wonder if you would be good enough to answer them for her?
1) When renewing the Brood comb and replacing with undrawn, - how do you get the comb cleaned out ? e.g. if it is brood in it, and stores ? You can't place it up with the supers for them to hatch, as it is too big ?
2) As I have split my hive into two - I now have a Queen Cell hatching out.(Fingers crossed) - I will know her age when she appears. But my Old Queen now on the old site in a new brood box I do not know how old she is because she swarmed into my hive. Will she just die of old age and possibly not leave a new Queen.? Or what will/should happen about her.
I will check to see what is happening in there since I split/moved her onto new box on 5th May.
Oh Yes No 3........... in my hive there are shallows with stores in it - how will I know if it is SUGAR SYRUP they stored - or do they do a miracle with it and turn the water into the wine! or rather turn it to Honey ?
Hope they all make sense