Hey there, I would remove all that funky comb. It will become a huge mess if you don't. Speaking from experience LOL I used to keep it hoping they would fix it, but they never do. I would remove it and wax those frames really good. You will find that more wax on a frame the better. When you buy frames they can say they are waxed, but many times I found it's poorly waxed resulting in funky comb. Always a good practice to throw some wax on the to avoid that craziness. Brood pattern looks great on that second hive.
So I've got multiple questions here: - Why are you still feeding in middle/end may? Your hives also looked a bit on the weaker side, maybe the video is still from spring or you seperated them recently? - What's your hive setup? like 1 brood chamber and the others on top for honey? 2 brood chambers? Or don't you use a seperating grate at all? - What kind of frames (and box in general for that matter) are you using? 10 frame Dadant US boxes? - Why are the wax plates you soldered in so grey-ish? Or are they made out of something else? It's interesting to watch different beekeeping styles from different countries ^^
Hello! Greetings from North Carolina -- where are you coming from? - I'm still feeding because this is a newly-started NUC, and my instructions were to keep feeding if they were still taking it... It's interesting that you say they looked on the weaker side :) I have since discovered that the orange hive swarmed a little before this video was taken, and I wonder if being honey-bound from feeding contributed - I have two 8 frame deeps, both as brood chambers. Nothing for honey at this time especially because they're a bit light and I am told we're about to hit a dearth - This is a mix of equipment made by my local store, made by Flow from Australia, some no-name Amazon brands, and Acorn. The Acorn plastic stuff is considerably nicer than the no-name stuff (sturdier, the bees are taking to it better) but was almost twice the cost. - Anything dirty looking is used equipment that I inherited -- I received it after the comb had been solar-melted down for wax
Watching you pull those frames, I was wondering if you were able to chamfer the under sides about 20 degrees if that would help your tool slip in there and break the frames free. It basically just removes sharp edges and prevents splintering in end grain as well as making the end more friendly. Just a thought. I am not a beekeeper. Oh, and would moving that cross comb all the way to the outside edge still allow the colony access to the resources but keep it from being a problem?
@@kekenkenka I was just wondering if it would be more beneficial to the hive to remain, but be more beneficial to YOU by not making a mess of the other frames.
You have to be careful altering stuff. Any large space the bees will fill. He just needs to learn how to use his hive tool better. I prefer the hook kind when doing a lot of removing frames.
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Hey there, I would remove all that funky comb. It will become a huge mess if you don't. Speaking from experience LOL I used to keep it hoping they would fix it, but they never do. I would remove it and wax those frames really good. You will find that more wax on a frame the better. When you buy frames they can say they are waxed, but many times I found it's poorly waxed resulting in funky comb. Always a good practice to throw some wax on the to avoid that craziness. Brood pattern looks great on that second hive.
Forgot to mention, that j-hook hive tools are better designed and easier to get the frames out. Good luck with your bees bud!
You can use empty foundation. Usually want some wires going through to support it though.
So I've got multiple questions here:
- Why are you still feeding in middle/end may? Your hives also looked a bit on the weaker side, maybe the video is still from spring or you seperated them recently?
- What's your hive setup? like 1 brood chamber and the others on top for honey? 2 brood chambers? Or don't you use a seperating grate at all?
- What kind of frames (and box in general for that matter) are you using? 10 frame Dadant US boxes?
- Why are the wax plates you soldered in so grey-ish? Or are they made out of something else?
It's interesting to watch different beekeeping styles from different countries ^^
Hello! Greetings from North Carolina -- where are you coming from?
- I'm still feeding because this is a newly-started NUC, and my instructions were to keep feeding if they were still taking it... It's interesting that you say they looked on the weaker side :) I have since discovered that the orange hive swarmed a little before this video was taken, and I wonder if being honey-bound from feeding contributed
- I have two 8 frame deeps, both as brood chambers. Nothing for honey at this time especially because they're a bit light and I am told we're about to hit a dearth
- This is a mix of equipment made by my local store, made by Flow from Australia, some no-name Amazon brands, and Acorn. The Acorn plastic stuff is considerably nicer than the no-name stuff (sturdier, the bees are taking to it better) but was almost twice the cost.
- Anything dirty looking is used equipment that I inherited -- I received it after the comb had been solar-melted down for wax
I would scrape off that bad comb and reward the frame. Sometimes not having enough wax causes them to draw it out bad.
Watching you pull those frames, I was wondering if you were able to chamfer the under sides about 20 degrees if that would help your tool slip in there and break the frames free. It basically just removes sharp edges and prevents splintering in end grain as well as making the end more friendly. Just a thought. I am not a beekeeper.
Oh, and would moving that cross comb all the way to the outside edge still allow the colony access to the resources but keep it from being a problem?
That might be a fun experiment - put a funky comb on the edge and see how it develops
@@kekenkenka I was just wondering if it would be more beneficial to the hive to remain, but be more beneficial to YOU by not making a mess of the other frames.
You have to be careful altering stuff. Any large space the bees will fill. He just needs to learn how to use his hive tool better. I prefer the hook kind when doing a lot of removing frames.