I've noticed my bees don't ever develop the side frames in the lowest box. I only ever find honey in them anyhow and can't imagen why I'd ever take it form the lowest box. If I were to do a split I'd take from the frames in the middle where the eggs are. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
A place for things to hide I guess.
You can take two frames that have honey in them and rotate with the out side ones.
The queen hardly ever lays out there. But the bees will take the honey.
Or if the inside of that frame is filled, just reverse it.
My thought.
doak
Rotate empty outside frames to the inside. Place honey or pollen frames on the outside. Place one empty frame between two full frames.
Sincerely,
Brendhan
i concur with the advice, just don't put the empty frame between brood frames. Breaking up the brood area can cause chillbrood etc. It is normal for the 2 outside frames in each box to be nothing but honey when they are finished. The bees place there honey stores around the brood chamber, honey within the brood chamber is used for rearing brood. Moving the under developed frame 1 space in or just reversing it so the drawn side is out so the bees will drawn the other side is best. These frame can also be moved up into another box to lure the bees into a super. The replacement frames helps keeps the brood nest open and reduces the likelyhood of swarming.