Good Morning Karen:karen wrote: I usually start in the spring by putting any dead out boxes on my big hives, 1 box per hive, to be cleaned up, no sense in making the split or a new package do all that work. I also will put on frames of foundation that I plan to use for splits to get them started. My goal is to make bees over making honey so I want drawn wax so the splits are that much further along. After I have what I need for brood I will add two honey supers. I put on two so the bees have enough space to evaporate the nectar coming in and not back fill the brood area.
I have a dead out that has some frames with small patches of dead brood. Just to clarify then If I put those on top of my strong hives the girls will move up and clean them? Or should I put them underneath? If I do put them on top, would I leave my pollen patties where they are or move them up too?
Thanks
Colino