new start up hive new equipment and bee package

Started by mjb1, April 19, 2009, 08:45:35 AM

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When setting up a new 10 frame if you dont have any frames with honey to ad to the new hive will feeding be sufficient in sustaining them?

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Michael Bush

I would only feed until they have some capped stores and there is a flow.

Otherwise they will often backfill the broodnest, misinterpret it as swarming and swarm when they are small and unable to sustain a swarm.
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