> ...but it's impossible to work such frames, such as you admit when you
> say you can't find the queen in this situation.  The only solution is to
> take these frames out, messy as it may be, and scrape all the brace comb
> off, down to the depth where you see the proper cell orientation.  You
> may have to sacrifice brood  and honey, but it still needs to be done.

Maybe sometime, but this may not bee the right time to make a huge mess
and sacrifice brood.

If the hive is progressing okay, I'd leave it alone and forget the
meddling.  Later, when the hive is fully developed, and the brood has
moved up into another are, it will be time to do the dirty deed.

Temper is a funny thing.  Make sure they are in the full sun, not bothered
by ants or skunks, and reduce the entrances if they are too big.  Feed
them. If you do all the above, you may find they are not too nasty.  Hope
so.

There are tons of good suggestions on requeening nasty hives in the logs.

Do the searches work, Aaron?  I've heard rumblings that some of the old
familiar functions are not working right since the Great Change.

allen
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