Could be the silliest question you've ever read....

[shan777]

1st deep- brood chambers
2nd deep- girl's honey
3rd deep- my honey.

The queen came up and laid in 2nd box, I excluded her down to bottom box so they could fill the 2nd deep with honey for themselves.

There is drones stuck up in 2nd deep......

Is this a problem and is this a silly question??? :-)

[divemaster1963]

personnel I don't use excluders. but if you want move the frame with the brood down and remove a outside frame from the lower box. this should solve the problem. drowns should be able to make it out if not put a twig under a corner of the cover to make a top entrance for a week or two and they may make their way out.


john

[the-ecohouse.com]

nah its not a problem, but i find they do eat a stack of honey.

Drill a top trace hole that can be blocked of if needed.

easy

[shan777]

ah cool, so not a silly question, and thanks for the ideas guys, very much appreciated

[shan777]

tiem to get out the good ole drill

[Michael Bush]

Prop up the cover and let the drones out.  Leave a stick there for ventilation...

[cbinstrasburg]

now I want to ask a silly question...if the queen is laying in the second deep would that not be a sign they growing and needing more room for the colony?

Carl

[the-ecohouse.com]

shes prb run out of room to lay in the brood nest if shes laying in the second box...
it could also be a temperature thing? is is cold were you are at the moment?

[Michael Bush]

>now I want to ask a silly question...if the queen is laying in the second deep would that not be a sign they growing and needing more room for the colony?

Yes.

[the-ecohouse.com]

Hi Michael

I love you site, it was a great help when starting out and even now provides many gems each time i go back.

My girls lay in the top boxes during winter...its a temperature thing for sure

thought i'm sure it gets nowhere near as cold here as it does in Nebraska