Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers 208 all swarm related questions and frame foundation alts.
Welcome to another episode of backyard beekeeping related topics.
This past week has been focused on swarms, and today's topics are timely for spring in the U.S..
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Today's topics are listed in order below:
1) What are your thoughts about misting bees with 30% vinegar as a mite treatment?
2) Should I keep or remove brood frames from a hive that I want to attract a swarm to?
3) Do I have to remove my frame feeders if I want to treat the hive with Oxalic Acid Vapor?
4) I have several hives that have swarmed this year, my question is can I combine two swarms if I remove the queen from one?
5) In one of my hives, the bees chewed down the queen cells, not the way they do when the queen kills the others. There is only one remaining capped queen cell. Should I requeen them from my swarm occupied resource hive?
6) I'm looking at your plan for the Horizontal Langstroth Hive, my wife wants to put plastic foundation in it, is this a problem without holes?
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7) I have a hive with a screened bottom board. The bees are collecting under the hive even though the temps are very cold at night, thank you for your insight.
8) I have some frames with wonky comb that gets ruined if I pull the frame straight up. What should I do?
9) How soon after installing a package of bees could I treat them with Formic Pro? On the bottom board I counted over 200 mites after just four days. Any advice would be great.
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