Hi All
In late Nov early Dec when doing my oxalic acid treatment, I record
the number of seams of bees that I drizzle oxalic on. I have found
that if there are 4 seams of clustered bees or less, they do not
survive our winter. Now if I was smarter I would have combined much
earlier. The hives concerned are early July splits in single brood
boxes with lots of food.
Should I: 1- Place one hive brood box directly on top of the other
after the bees have clustered(both are queen right)
2- As in 1 with a queen excluder between the 2 hives
3- Use the newspaper method before they cluster(several warmer
days predicted later this week -5C tonight, +10C Thurs and Fri)
4- Place each weak hive on top of a stronger hive to take
advantage of the heat(no connection between the hives)
5- Kiss the weaker hives goodbye
6- Better ideas?
Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W
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