I would like to ask some for advice: I was given a hive (the owner
found that he had a severe allergy to bee stings), two deep supers, and
when I opened the hive I found that it had been given plastic
foundation which the bees appeared to dislike; that is, comb is
malformed, joined together, areas only partially drawn out, and in
order to really examine it, I will have to literally cut the comb out.
I know the overwintered queen has been superceded (how? I just happened
to see the old queen being thrown out of the front of the hive by
workers. I had never seen that before). I want to get rid of all 18
frames of badly drawn comb and replace with a combination of good drawn
comb and foundation. I'm tempted to wait until spring, but I really
don't know. The main honey flow here seems to have stopped or, at
least, greatly slowed down. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Gerald



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