Hi Juanse > How muchos propolis does end up in that mesh? Do you have a certain > propolis coverage to decide changing those meshes? Absolutely none - ever. They are absolutely clean even after several years. I also do not get drone comb built on the bottom of the frames due to the small entrance (that used to be a problem with British National hives and their bottom bee space). > Do you ever place that eke with fondant or patties on top of brood box and > then a super with honey? Normally remove all honey, so bees winter on the honey in the brood box plus an average of 2/3 of a block of fondant - about 8kg. Empty supers go back on the hives and stay there for the winter as I do not have storage facilities for them. Best wishes Peter 52.144244, -1.503509 *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm