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EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS / Re: Frame width
« Last post by FatherMichael on April 22, 2024, 04:58:50 pm »What do you do for spacing, Michael?
They built no comb. Just that tiny bit?
Usually, if there is any real, decent sized swarm, they build comb immediately. They completely fill up my swarm traps with comb in less than two weeks.
That was something that shocked me as well, they're comb building machines at that stage. That part doesn't make sense since they're been around for over a week.The ideal age for comb production workers is 12 to 18 days. Most of those perfect age bees probably left with the primary swarm. Smaller secondary swarms don't always have enough right age bees and resources. Less than 10% of swarms survive, not all swarms are comb building machines.
They built no comb. Just that tiny bit?
Usually, if there is any real, decent sized swarm, they build comb immediately. They completely fill up my swarm traps with comb in less than two weeks.
Matt's uncle got a queen cell from our club to installIf the colony has gone laying worker the cell will be torn down quickly unfortunately. Some of the laying worker drone brood can take on an odd appearance and be mistaken for a queen cell. If there's multiple eggs in the cells (and on the cell walls) just remove the best brood comb before they do more damage to it with drone brood. Personally, I would shake the bees out into a bucket of soapy water. They're not worth saving.