Jules59
House Bee
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2018
- Messages
- 285
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- Location
- North Warwickshire
- Hive Type
- WBC
- Number of Hives
- 5
I had 4 supers on a double brood colony that decided to swarm and did a nuc AS. Shortly after that they developed CBPV whilst going through the re-queening process. I removed all supers (full of OSR honey) and extracted the honey. Their first attempt to re-queen failed. I gave a test frame from which they drew more QCs and they now have a new laying Q. The colony is much diminished in size (Best part of 6 weeks queenless plus CBPV). But they have 7 frames of brood and are clearly recovering well from the CBPV. (OMF floor removed, hive raised etc and regular clearing away for dead bees).
So what to do with the super frames/comb?
I dont really fancy melting down 40 super frames if its unnecessary.
Would you be happy to use them on this colony again as the need demands ?
The bees are on the same double brood boxes and frames and are recovering despite these being potentially a source of re-infection I suppose?
What do people think ?
So what to do with the super frames/comb?
I dont really fancy melting down 40 super frames if its unnecessary.
Would you be happy to use them on this colony again as the need demands ?
The bees are on the same double brood boxes and frames and are recovering despite these being potentially a source of re-infection I suppose?
What do people think ?