Opinions please

[DaveKow]

One of my hives is ready to get a second story, but my frames won't be here til Tues.  Would it help if I swap one of the outer frames that aren't drawn out into the brood?  Just to keep them occupied til I can add the second deep.

Thanks,
Dave

[mark]

yes.   put it between the brood and nectar.  don't separate the brood

[Moonshae]

I agree. that's generally a good strategy anyway, to get them to make full use of all 10 frames.

[rdy-b]

you have plenty of time dont worry if the outer frames are not drawn out yet it is not critical between now and tuesday-the less disturbance the better they like it-RDY-B

[Michael Bush]

Actually if they are pretty crowded I would purposefully split the brood to keep them busy if they can fill that space quickly with festooning bees.