Installing packages into old hives

[alfred]

  I am going to receive some packages in a couple of weeks. I am planning on starting them off using some comb and honey left over from some hives that died over the winter.

  What I am thinking of doing is installing them into two mediums for each package, with a couple of frames of honey each and the rest all drawn empty frames. I am thinking that if i do this it will give them a good head start. I am also guessing that I will not need to feed them sugar syrup as the comb will already be drawn out and I will be providing them with honey. I have not done this this way before. In the past I have always given them empty frame to draw and sugar syrup to feed and stimulate comb building.

  Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Alfred

[AllenF]

Sounds fine to put them in there and I would add the feed just to help them out.   If there is a honey flow, they will not hit the feed, but it might help them to get a good start.  Sugar don't cost as much as new replacement bees.