So I see you checkerboard the brood frame with fresh foundation. Does that help draw out comb faster and is it warm enough at night where you are for the brood to be checkerboard?
Yes, that is exactly why we do it. But from what I learned, only do this when the nights don’t get too cold, and you have enough population to cover the brood during the cool nights to keep the brood warm. You don’t want chill brood. And yes, we’ve been warm enough for a few weeks now to do checkerboard patterns on the frames. We actually did our first successful splits back in early March.
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So I see you checkerboard the brood frame with fresh foundation. Does that help draw out comb faster and is it warm enough at night where you are for the brood to be checkerboard?
Yes, that is exactly why we do it. But from what I learned, only do this when the nights don’t get too cold, and you have enough population to cover the brood during the cool nights to keep the brood warm. You don’t want chill brood. And yes, we’ve been warm enough for a few weeks now to do checkerboard patterns on the frames. We actually did our first successful splits back in early March.
What part of Nc are yall from ??
And where is honeysuckle hill farms located
We are close to the Charlotte area. Honeysuckle Hill Bee Farm is located in Concord, NC. off of Hwy 49. Easy to find them on Google. 👍