I just came in from adding second brood box. my question is this: I took 1 frame with capped brood and one frame of partially drawn out comb and added it to the second (upper) box and added two fresh foundation frames to the lower box. Did I goof up? Will my brood survive? The temps this week in the evening/early morning hours will dip as low as 47F. Should I switch it back for another frame of partially drawn comb instead of one with capped brood on it?
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Return the brood frame original place.
Brood frames must be in one block.
If hive is big like 5-6 boxes, it stands someting like that.
What happens is that bees kill the brood and eate them because they cannot keep them warm.
And dont put foundations inside the brood area. It is better put the ege frame somewhere and put foundations on sides, but it is unnecessary playing.
When the hive is in 3 box stage, it is good that they get for example 3 foundation frames, but keep them in one bunch. It prevents swarming.
You may put the whole box of foundations under the brood box and bees can occupye them when they need.
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If you were adding the 5th box, I would agree with finski. Since you are adding the second box, I think you did well if you squeezed all the frames tightly together and centered them in both boxes.