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- From: "Fadem, Bronwyn Elizabeth" <bfadem AT live.unc.edu>
- To: "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] Rearranging hives?
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:26:01 +0000
Greetings OCBA,
Currently, my three hives are incredibly uneven. The strongest one has 8/10
deep frames with brood and two shallows full of honey and some brood creeping
into the first super.
My other two hives are 20% that size or less, one is just a deep and the
other is a deep and shallow both have laying queens and minimal honey and
pollen. My question is to about rearranging and preventing swarming on the
strong one, should I add another deep super or checkerboard the 1 brood box
with empty frames from a weak hive and give that weak hive the brood and
nurse bees? Basically do i split up the strong jive and try to build up a
weak one or is it better to keep the strong one getting bigger?
Lastly, when should we be testing and treating varroa?
Thank you as always!
Bronwyn
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[ocba] Rearranging hives?,
Fadem, Bronwyn Elizabeth, 02/27/2017
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Re: [ocba] Rearranging hives?,
mmorrissey, 02/27/2017
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Re: [ocba] Rearranging hives?,
mark powers, 02/27/2017
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Re: [ocba] Rearranging hives?,
Walter Starks, 02/27/2017
- Re: [ocba] Rearranging hives?, Brad Kosiba, 02/27/2017
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Re: [ocba] Rearranging hives?,
Walter Starks, 02/27/2017
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Re: [ocba] Rearranging hives?,
mark powers, 02/27/2017
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Re: [ocba] Rearranging hives?,
mmorrissey, 02/27/2017
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