I'm beginning to wonder if I am going down with OCD, if things don't look tidy in the hive it bothers me.
So much so that yesterday I noticed some pieces of comb had fallen to the floor. It began to get me thinking that perhaps I should extend the standard brood frames that the bees came on into brood and a half, that way the comb can't get made and break off.
So with that on my mind decided to open hive again this evening, extend two frames and clear the fallen comb. Not really what a good beekeeper would do, ie open the hive two days running!
But had made my mind up, it was a bit fiddley but managed to extend two frames.
The comb I took out had some pollen stores and some brood, checked the brood for varoa mite, no sign of any and put the pollen comb on the landing board so that the bees could salvage it, they are still busy now, wonder if it will all be cleared by morning?
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