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Hello,
I am in SC, and for the first time was beekeeping this summer. I began with
bees and queen from Rossman apiaries. I followed instructions from a book ,
and all was going well with two hives, then at the beginning of June I
noticed one hive was acting differently, and then suddenly no activity at
all. I looked inside at that point and it would appear the queen had died
for I saw very little brood.
I then looked in the other hive, and all appeared well. Plenty of brood,
and a strong looking bunch of bees.
On Monday of this week, it appeared business as usual in the hive. But then
yesterday I noticed no bees at all, and they are gone.
I see bumblebees and flies trying to get into the hives now, and thus I need
to dismantle and clean.
My question is on how to clean the frames and boxes. Do I just toss out the
foundation and all and order new? and I know there must be a recommended
solution to sterilizing cleaning the hive bodies themselves.
I know this list is for more astute beekeepers, but by helping a newbie, I
will become one of you in a few short years!
Adam Puzerewski
Mt Pleasant, SC Coburn WV
"Mountaineers are always free"
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