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Crysalismum:
I have opened my hive after winter (snowed until last weekend and rainy yesterday) & it?s a pleasant 21?C & sunny so opened.

Is this just because of the plastic frames (no available timber in ideal size when I needed a new box last) I had some cross combing at the end of winter but they have gone nuts over winter &- I can?t remove anything without destroying the whole structure?



Recommendations?

BeeMaster2:
Crystal,
The easy way would be to leave them in the present box and give them foundation frames to build on. Then later on you can move this box above a queen excluder and eventually remove it.
Another way would be to place the box up side down and push all of the frames out of the box. Then you can cut the comb out, one piece at a time.
Do not do this until it warms up quite a bit.
I would like let it Bee and let it grow. Eventually you can move this box up to the top and they will replace the brood with honey and you can harvest it.
Jim Altmiller

CoolBees:
Jim already covered my response. Several options, but the laziest one (my favorite) is to under-super that box all thru the season till it's the top box on a tall stack of boxes. By then it will be just honey, and will be much easier to deal with.

Crysalismum:
Thank you- & I never thought to turn the box upside down! I just ended up putting the lid back on outsmarted by 🐝 🐝

I will lift it and put one under. Thanks for helping 👍

Michael Bush:
I had a box that looked just like that.  All fins, no proper comb...

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