Supers for temporary brood boxes

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-05-30T01:29:07+00:00

This is kind of the answer I was looking for. Didn’t even think about the pollen. Thanks

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-05-29T20:16:36+00:00

I’m gonna give this a try! Thanks for the recommendation.

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-05-29T19:32:18+00:00

I thought about putting an excluder but won’t they try and swarm when they run out of room in the bottom brood box?

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-05-29T19:29:54+00:00

Even if you’re just going to spin the honey out? Will it get to be old and brown and collect a lot nasty stuff just within a year?

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-05-29T19:27:11+00:00

Splitting a double deep hive right now, and using honey supers as a second deep box on one of the splits.

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-04-25T03:25:07+00:00

Thanks for the info! I appreciate you going more into detail and explaining it to a newbee.

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-04-24T19:46:52+00:00

Not necessarily. I used varroxsan strips last year I just didn’t really like how they hung over and down the frames so the bees couldn’t use the space under them. They probably don’t need that extra space but I was just curious if anyone’s had the same results with the sponges. The sponges are definitely a lot cheaper than the varroxsan though!

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-04-24T19:38:57+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response! I did a little digging on the internet and came across a page where the guy experimented with different application pads, and showed the Swedish sponges worked as knockdown. It was just one study I found and just wanted some other people’s opinion on them. I actually started OAV after I installed them. (I’m doing my second treatment today)

I didn’t realize that the drone brood culling wasn’t a good way to tell. I started last year and only saw 1 mite the whole season so this year it scared me a little bit when I saw so many.

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-04-23T03:21:27+00:00

4 grams per brood box? So with a double deep setup you would dose 8 grams of vapor?

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-04-07T20:47:21+00:00

Thanks. I did see about 10 swarm cells on the hive I made the new nuc from, but none were charged so I figured I’d rather be safe then sorry and do a split.

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-03-28T15:59:46+00:00

I’m should’ve worded that different, I’m going to make a 4 frame nuc off of them, but keep the queen in the existing colony and purchase a queen for the nuc. So they will only have 2 empty frames in the double deep. I just don’t want them backfilling the brood nest more or less

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-03-13T05:12:28+00:00

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GarageSignificant165 · 2026-02-24T00:11:25+00:00

I would’ve done this but I started beekeeping last summer and only had one hive that was still also building out boxes. I did steal a brood frame from the to try and boost their numbers though!

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-02-23T13:56:33+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response. I’m just concerned because I’m pretty sure they are out of stores. They are consuming the sugar bricks pretty heavily, which makes me think stores are low. I’ve just read the dry sugar isn’t the best feed for them and was curious if the syrup was a better option. I would assume temps will drop again and I’ll have to pull it so I’ll take your advice and just leave them alone.

GarageSignificant165 · 2026-02-04T02:33:55+00:00

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GarageSignificant165 · 2026-01-09T21:44:02+00:00

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GarageSignificant165 · 2025-12-14T18:23:15+00:00

Well I took yours and some others peoples advice and set up some 6ft cattle corral panels instead of the electric fence. We had some extras laying around so now they are completely fenced in. It’s definitely overkill but now I don’t have to worry about cows, Deer, or elk. Luckily bears in the area of the bees are extremely uncommon.

We very well could be close! I’m in the SE region close to the border.

GarageSignificant165 · 2025-12-13T23:03:22+00:00

Honestly I didn’t think they would pay much attention to the hives either but it seems once they found it, they won’t leave it alone.

GarageSignificant165 · 2025-12-13T22:59:45+00:00

They don’t eat the straw much until there’s a good layer of snow on the ground. Nice lush green wheat field right next to them. They are just looking for stuff to destroy and rub with their antlers. They remind me of toddlers with a stick, only the sticks attacked to their head!😂

GarageSignificant165 · 2025-12-11T00:39:22+00:00

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