Last weekend I bought 4 deep boxes of drawn comb from A elderly gent with 35+ years exper. I told me he has only had AFB once and burned the hives. In his hay day he had 1000 hives but at 76yrs old now has 125. The frames are old and very dark. They all have at least alittle damage some more that others. Things like cells mashed over a couple with alittle mouse damage and some with mold in spots. I dont want all the oppinions on possible ABF and things. I know the risk but you have to trust someone and I do this man. What my question is is will the bees repair any damage and clean out molds and things
Danno, bees do an excellent job at cleaning and repairing. Don't mean to burst your bubble, but most beeks will 86 old dark comb, they can harbor bacteria and disease, some even say its a magnate for shb.
You can find lots of info on the subject on this site.
...JP
thanks JP
I only wanted a few frames to put in swarm traps but ended up with 40 at 1.50 ea. I thought i would put two each along with wax foundation in for my packages to get started on next Sat. I your opinion should I just scratch this idea and just use my wax foundation and feed heavely
Quote from: danno on April 14, 2008, 10:03:30 AM
thanks JP
I only wanted a few frames to put in swarm traps but ended up with 40 at 1.50 ea. I thought i would put two each along with wax foundation in for my packages to get started on next Sat. I your opinion should I just scratch this idea and just use my wax foundation and feed heavely
I ment to add that I would use them in swarm traps, but you have beaten me to it! Yes this is what I would do.
...JP