after having an awful winter and by the end of the summer, having two hives in the bee shed and four at a friends farm on quarrentine as i dont know where and what they have got.
i will be leaving the four farm ones alone to build up as much as possible for the winter, each one has now a queen and brood and a semi full super on the top with each one planning on having a gallonish of syrup as well to fill the supers up,
the bee shed two are to be left with a single full super on thier tops, the biggest worry i have in the shed is damp and condinsation and a high humidity with them being inside a sealed insulated shed , so we are studying ventaltion ideas and calculations at the moment.
also so like a lot of beeks i have already started to put in place the start of the plans for the spring, so the two hives in the shed are going to be completly ripped apart next year as the amount of extra wide combs and brace is manic but this side of the winter they are all full and by cutting them down would only cause a massive robbing problem with wasps and a lack of stores.
as for the other four hives, all will be reinstated into the bee shed but as shook swarms leaving all the dirty wax they are on now behind and also they will then be on 12 by 14 frames,
as at the moment most are on an assortment of frame styles and types and designs, and i like just to use two frames, supers and brood and both from the same supplier, talking of which i had better book the ferry and the german holiday for next month
