Hello All,
 
I wrote some time ago about merging two hives, to make one stong hive
rather than two weak ones.
 
My last message was just after I had merged the hives.  One day after
merging the hives, I noticed that the bees had not eaten through
the two sheets of newspaper.  I took out one piece, and cut small
slits into the paper to allow the two hives scent to merge before they
got through.
 
By the next day, the hives had eaten through, but looked much like
two hives.  After a few more days, most of the bees were in the lower
body, and it was very easy to smoke the remaining ones down.  This
has increased the size of the worker force, but took a lot of work
on my part.....
 
So much for the information...
 
Darryl		<[log in to unmask]>