In this video I discuss early spring buildup hive manipulations.
This time of year I’m looking to open up the brood nest by removing honey frames and replace them with empty drawn comb. As well as, adding deeps where more room is needed.
When adding a deep I like to add a frame or two of foundation in with the drawn combs. Also drone frames for select colonies.
I feed the colonies that get a box to help them get a jump on cleaning up the older combs.
I happened to find a drone laying queen in one side of a resource colony during this video and deal with that as well.
Leave any questions for me in the comments, thanks for watching!