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Re: Advice on Bad Combs
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Dave <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:48:14 -0400
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From:                   Gerald Herrin
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Subject:                [BEE-L] Advice on Bad Combs
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> I want to get rid of all 18
> frames of badly drawn comb and replace with a combination of good
> drawn comb and foundation.

Turn it upside down and put a box of good comb (probably too late
to use foundation, and anyway you want them to go to it quickly,
before they rip out the overturned comb and rebuild it) on top of
them. Feed if no flow. The queen will usually move up, since she
doesn't like to lay in inverted comb. As soon as you see eggs, get
an excluder between.

Dave in SC, USA

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