tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post5538765997851392833..comments2024-02-23T05:26:35.037-05:00Comments on Linda's Bees: Checkerboarding for honey productionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-55789324177381737802015-04-19T17:53:48.836-04:002015-04-19T17:53:48.836-04:00If you put an empty frame between two frames of ca...If you put an empty frame between two frames of capped honey, they will build regular comb that fits into the frame. So try to lift capped honey frames into the new box when you checkerboard. If they build thickened comb that goes into the empty space, then you have more honey to harvest! Sometimes beekeepers only put seven frames in an 8 frame honey super to encourage the thicker comb!<br />Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-31666521291589497562015-04-15T03:21:17.274-04:002015-04-15T03:21:17.274-04:00When I was checkerboarding honey supers with found...When I was checkerboarding honey supers with foundationless frames, the bees built out (thickend) honeycomb through the empty foundationless frames.<br />Do you get them to build new comb between the already built out ones?<br /><br />PedroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-22092702525193014592014-05-11T21:22:55.639-04:002014-05-11T21:22:55.639-04:00No, the bees spend very little time/resources buil...No, the bees spend very little time/resources building comb and I then can be sure my comb has no poison in it - no fluvalinate or coumaphos or any icky residue from the year before. If a nectar flow is going, the bees quickly fill a frame with comb and then fill it with honey. I've put a foundationless super on a hive at the beginning of a week in which nectar is flowing and by the end of the week, needed to add yet another new box because they would have filled it out with wax and honey. I answered the extractor question for you in another post.Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-47346072984119353012014-05-09T18:33:52.839-04:002014-05-09T18:33:52.839-04:00Do you find that if you do the crush method, that ...Do you find that if you do the crush method, that the bees have to spend a lot of resources to build out comb all over again? Is it possible to put foundationless frames into an extractor?meemsnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584936035577822444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-19923856495533530952014-05-08T20:28:07.205-04:002014-05-08T20:28:07.205-04:00I don't use a queen excluder - I operate with ...I don't use a queen excluder - I operate with an unlimited brood nest and the queen generally confines herself to the bottom two boxes. When harvest time comes, I am doing crush and strain so I don't need to take a whole box at a time. Why else would you need a queen excluder?Linda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-78993450276311494452014-05-07T14:56:12.636-04:002014-05-07T14:56:12.636-04:00Linda, do you use a queen excluder? And if not, ar...Linda, do you use a queen excluder? And if not, are you consolidating all of the brood in one box?<br />Thanks, AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-17530650731390533282014-05-07T06:36:16.901-04:002014-05-07T06:36:16.901-04:00bizde langstroth 10 çıtalı kovanlar var.sizin kova...bizde langstroth 10 çıtalı kovanlar var.sizin kovan 8çıta derinliği dar.farklı modelAğvalı Arıcılık (Erdal Talha Başaran)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10890359767946639672noreply@blogger.com