In a message dated 4/10/2003 8:09:00 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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> Please contact me if anyone has any questions regarding producing comb
> honey. I haven't got one tenth of one percent the experience of the Old
> Drones on this board, but I would be thrilled to be able to "give a little
> back" in the way of experience.
>

I have a drone layer. Probably because of mites. I haven't read anywhere what
to do with this hive, so I thought about it and have decided that if I set
the hive off to the side and put a new one in it's place with a queen
excluder under the first hive body, then the queen and the drones would be
kept out. I tried to find the queen, but there were so many drones she was
hard to distinguish. I cut out the unhatched drone brood and I cut out all
drone comb. So if you, or any of the old drones would like to comment.....I'd
be so happy.
Kathy Cox, who will celebrate one year of beekeeping next month!

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