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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => NATURAL & ORGANIC BEEKEEPING METHODS => Topic started by: DaveKow on April 13, 2008, 05:59:25 pm

Title: Newbie Drone brood frame question
Post by: DaveKow on April 13, 2008, 05:59:25 pm

I won a drone brood frame at my bee meeting.  A question came to me on the way home.  Does it take the bees more time to clean out the cells or to build new comb?  It seems like a lot of work to clean all the dead larva, but then again I have never tried to make a hexagon out of wax.  Does anyone just scrape the wax and let the bees build new?

Thanks,
Dave

Title: Re: Newbie Drone brood frame question
Post by: Michael Bush on April 13, 2008, 07:37:34 pm

Most people freeze the frames to kill the varroa (and the brood) and let the bees clean them out.

Title: Re: Newbie Drone brood frame question
Post by: trex on June 07, 2008, 06:03:39 am

 Can the drone frame be install in to the hive anytime of year or is there a more suitable time to do this . I ask this because I have drones now in the hive  ? So do I install it now :?

Title: Re: Newbie Drone brood frame question
Post by: Michael Bush on June 07, 2008, 12:25:27 pm

>Can the drone frame be install in to the hive anytime of year

sure.  But if they are not drawing comb at the time they will ignore it.

> or is there a more suitable time to do this .

If you have a flow right now at all, they will probably draw it.  If they need drones, they will probably lay it full of drones.  If they don't they will fill it with honey.