If your area is anything like here you should be able to catch some swarms. Use all your empty boxes and scatter around at friends and family backyard. If you are handy make up some boxes.Put out as many as you can. You do need frames where you can put 1 or 2 inch starter strips.Never used plastic frames so do not know about them. With swarms and splits I went from 5 hives to 50 in one season. It does help to make your own boxes.
She?s making me a new nuc.
I did a total hive inspection including the green cutout hive- she has really good comb drawing out / nectar and a lot of front door activity-
The middle frame had a Q cell so I assume they are still trying to produce a Q- that?s the one Iddee told me to wait on inspection.
Talk about dejection, that was my first real hive inspection and the frame with the Q cell fell apart at both ends- I kept my calm and rubberbanded them back. That ruined my day as I immediately crashed on myself as a ?loser? - that?s my bipolar.
After that , I did a simple top off inspection of the other 2 - in hopes I wouldn?t screw up again -
The second cutout hive is gamgbusterrs and has planet bees in there.
You guys may not know but I?m disabled with mental problems so I?m trying to focus on these bees to rehab me.
Thank you for your information and love