Foundation on the brood nest frame got broken, what to do?

[shemer]

Does anybody know if I should repair the few frames where combs merged into each other and foundation got broken? I tried to cut it with honey scraping knife but later gave a lot of thinking to my actions. Because why bother a colony if there is no signs to be worried about a queen, brood etc.

[Eshu]

If I understand your issue correctly, I would cut out the merged comb and let the bees fill out the resulting gaps without foundation.  If they have some straight comb attched to the top bar, they should do o.k. filling out the rest.  They won't fill in the frames until there is a flow of course.

[David LaFerney]

Does anybody know if I should repair the few frames where combs merged into each other and foundation got broken? I tried to cut it with honey scraping knife but later gave a lot of thinking to my actions. Because why bother a colony if there is no signs to be worried about a queen, brood etc.

I have two frames of brood that are attached together.  My plan is to move them to a location where they are likely to be filled with honey after the brood hatches and then cut them out once the honey is capped.

That's what I hope anyway.

[shemer]

If I understand your issue correctly, I would cut out the merged comb and let the bees fill out the resulting gaps without foundation.  If they have some straight comb attched to the top bar, they should do o.k. filling out the rest.  They won't fill in the frames until there is a flow of course.

thank you!

[shemer]

Does anybody know if I should repair the few frames where combs merged into each other and foundation got broken? I tried to cut it with honey scraping knife but later gave a lot of thinking to my actions. Because why bother a colony if there is no signs to be worried about a queen, brood etc.

I have two frames of brood that are attached together.  My plan is to move them to a location where they are likely to be filled with honey after the brood hatches and then cut them out once the honey is capped.

That's what I hope anyway.

you`d like to move such frames up to honey supers or relocate it from the center of the hive to the edge?

[David LaFerney]

Does anybody know if I should repair the few frames where combs merged into each other and foundation got broken? I tried to cut it with honey scraping knife but later gave a lot of thinking to my actions. Because why bother a colony if there is no signs to be worried about a queen, brood etc.

I have two frames of brood that are attached together.  My plan is to move them to a location where they are likely to be filled with honey after the brood hatches and then cut them out once the honey is capped.

That's what I hope anyway.

you`d like to move such frames up to honey supers or relocate it from the center of the hive to the edge?

I pushed them to the out side since they were already close.  If that doesn't do it I'll probably put them up in a honey super.  I use all medium sized boxes and frames just because of things like this. It isn't really hurting anything, so I'm not in any hurry.