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Spear
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What a mess!
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August 22, 2013, 05:01:14 pm »
I opened up my hives today for the 1st time so I could put the plastic foil that the Germans usea as inner covers back on as they were taken off for the transport. I was very shocked to see what a mess was inside the hives! The last one was the worst - The frames are in the wrong direction and spacing was a mess! The bees have bridged gaps with comb and glued everything else together!
I got a lot of work ahead of me next spring to clean this mess up!!
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Kathyp
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August 22, 2013, 05:20:47 pm »
that doesn't look like a mess, but i can only see those two pics. looks pretty normal, but that comb between the frames is your fault. why did you space the frames like that?
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August 23, 2013, 12:05:31 am »
Spear,
Didn't you just get these 12 hives from a the widow of a beek that passed away.
I agree it doesn't look too bad.
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Kathyp
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August 23, 2013, 12:48:14 am »
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Didn't you just get these 12 hives from a the widow of a beek that passed away.
ok, then it's not your fault. :-D
still doesn't look bad. more pics?
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Spear
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August 23, 2013, 01:11:25 am »
I got 10 hives from the widow. The other 2 I got from a beek in the bee club. The pics don't really show the mes to clearly, will try get better pics next time I open the hives.
Here is a few pics of the hives. As you might notice they are mixed sizes stacked together.
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Michael Bush
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August 23, 2013, 10:00:21 am »
It looks beautiful to me... where is the mess? Bees always glue everything together. That's their job.
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