Hello Folks,
What a beautiful month of May we are having! Glory to God in the Highest!!
We have removed all feeders, inner insulation follower frames and entrance reducers completely.
Outer insulation could be removed as well.
We continue to complete full hive checks every ten days.
We make sure a water source is near by.
When should we be adding our second boxes? We where going to today but they still had some room so we decided not to. Is it ok to give them too much room or should we makes them us up all the space first.
ReplyDeleteHello Katy, It is a great time to add a second box now that temperatures are above freezing at night and on cooler days. I always add my second box below the first box to keep the brood warm. Heat rises! I also pull a couple frames with brood in the pupa stage into the middle positions of the new (bottom) brood box. This entices the bees to begin utilizing the new box and make the brood nest larger.
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