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Title: Reuse old honey frames
Post by: guido on October 15, 2012, 12:08:23 pm

I just made my first successful harvest, great honey!

Due to my inexperience and help from my kids the comb on my frames is pretty mangled in several spots! (looks like i tried to de-cap with a dull spoon and hammer)

Will the Bees fix this?  I have heard they would but did not know to what extent.  How bad is too bad?

Thanks

Title: Re: Reuse old honey frames
Post by: paindragon1 on October 15, 2012, 12:11:07 pm

Do you have pictures of the comb?

Title: Re: Reuse old honey frames
Post by: bud1 on October 15, 2012, 12:41:48 pm

use it they will fix it

Title: Re: Reuse old honey frames
Post by: Finski on October 15, 2012, 03:38:54 pm

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If combs are coffee brown dark and sun light does not come through, renew them

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Title: Re: Reuse old honey frames
Post by: organicfarmer on October 15, 2012, 04:46:50 pm

They'll fix anything in any shape.... all the way from nothing. They are quite able to build from nothing as in the wild so they'll build from not much as well !! ;)

Title: Re: Reuse old honey frames
Post by: Finski on October 15, 2012, 07:59:19 pm

Quote from: organicfarmer on October 15, 2012, 04:46:50 pm

They'll fix anything in any shape.... all the way from nothing. They are quite able to build from nothing as in the wild so they'll build from not much as well !! ;)

of course they do but it is better to change violated combs than wonder.

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Title: Re: Reuse old honey frames
Post by: AllenF on October 15, 2012, 08:27:00 pm

We have comb that gets blown out during extraction or tore up while the bees are cleaning them up or us moving them around, and the bees fix them just fine.   

Title: Re: Reuse old honey frames
Post by: guido on October 22, 2012, 05:11:37 pm

Thanks to all. I am using.