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Re: [warrebeekeeping] Bees Not Moving Down - Inverting the Comb

Inverting combs works great. We often do it and teach it for feral
cutouts so you can keep the brood comb for the bee force that is due
to emerge, but prevent the queen from relaying in it. They will still
use it for honey though, they just start capping it sooner to keep it
from running out.
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Scot McPherson, CISSP, MCSA
McPherson Family Farms
Le Claire, IA, USA

Sun Jul 5, 2009 3:03 am

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'Queens do not lay in upside down comb' I had read somewhere. I decided to use this principle after 2 of my Warré hives took a long time to 'grow down'. One...	johnhaverson	Jul 4, 2009 5:03 pm
... ************************** glad to hear this does indeed work. i had planned on trying this when i was going to get a couple of nucs of local bees. that...	jeff hartman climbzen	Jul 4, 2009 5:20 pm
John H wrote: "With luck they will not back fill with honey... " This begins to look like the method of choice for 'growing down' into a Warré. I wonder if...	David Heaf davidheaf	Jul 4, 2009 6:22 pm
Inverting combs works great. We often do it and teach it for feral cutouts so you can keep the brood comb for the bee force that is due to emerge, but prevent...	Scot Mc Pherson scotlfs	Jul 5, 2009 3:04 am
... If we don't understand, we force. Bernhard...	Bernhard Heuvel zaunreiter	Jul 21, 2009 8:10 pm
Hi Bernhard, I do feel the same way as you; I was trying, as gently as possible, to get the bees out of a nucleus box into a Warre hive in good time for the...	johnhaverson	Jul 21, 2009 8:47 pm
... I did understand your attention. I just wanted to highlight how valueable a good start-up is. So to me a natural swarm is the one option I'd recommend. If...	Bernhard Heuvel zaunreiter	Jul 21, 2009 10:32 pm
... Meant: intention. Too late... Bernhard...	Bernhard Heuvel zaunreiter	Jul 21, 2009 10:39 pm
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Bernhard ... Oddly enough, many Alaska beekeepers are finding their bees overwinter BETTER in nucleus boxes than in their...	Paraplegic Racehorse bchuckr	Jul 21, 2009 10:51 pm
I said "I will check after 3 weeks." I have to report that it did not work as expected. Although inverting the comb got the comb building started in the...	johnhaverson	Jul 22, 2009 2:53 pm
... Bees! Bernhard...	Bernhard Heuvel zaunreiter	Jul 22, 2009 4:26 pm

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