lesley245
New Bee
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2011
- Messages
- 15
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- Location
- leicestershire
- Hive Type
- Beehaus
- Number of Hives
- 3
I am a new BK and have transferred Nuc frames into the Beehaus. As they are smaller, the bees have created new drone comb at the bottom. The advice in the Omlet book is to put cardboard below the frames - but they just ate through it and chucked it out of the bottom of the hive!
I have continued to remove the comb when I check the hive, and allowed one lot to develop so that I could do a varroa check - but I can't carry on doing this forever - for one thing - all the effort the bees put into making it and the Queen laying eggs, which are just wasted.
Any suggestions?
I have continued to remove the comb when I check the hive, and allowed one lot to develop so that I could do a varroa check - but I can't carry on doing this forever - for one thing - all the effort the bees put into making it and the Queen laying eggs, which are just wasted.
Any suggestions?