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- From: <mmorrissey AT fastmail.fm>
- To: "Fadem, Bronwyn Elizabeth" <bfadem AT live.unc.edu>, "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Rearranging hives?
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:19:19 -0500
Hi, A few weeks ago, and at last month’s meeting we discussed the “switcheroo”, swaping hive locations. I had only one weak hive of three, but must say the swap worked amazingly well, and the two hives appear to be about equal now in the number of bees. I was also amazed at how little fighting went on at the hive entrances. Incoming workers carrying pollen or nectar are welcomed :- ) So if that helps at all, I recommend it. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Fadem, Bronwyn Elizabeth 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 _________________________________________ ocba mailing list | North Carolina Beekeeping| http://www.theocba.org/ Manage Your Subscription: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ocba/ |
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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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