"X" means that we plan to remove the marked boxes later.
First, the oldest hive, which has some honey we can harvest:
Then the "new" hive that we started this spring:
Then the "swarm" hive, also known as the "mostly dead" hive:
Ultimately we plan to combine the two weakest hives, the new and swarm hives:
We will use the fume board to get the bees out of the honey super and out of the deep that we're going to remove from the new hive, insert a piece of newspaper and stack the rest all back together.
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Always a plan B comes along after some thought. We are holding off on combining the new hive and the swarm hive. We are leaving the deep that is empty, that has been swapped in position, with the thought that there were A LOT of bees in that hive and we don't want to crowd them. Hopefully, they will move upwards into the second deep now that they are reversed. Could be wrong. Lots of guessing and trial and error.
Also have renewed concern about the strongest hive. Will not steal their honey until a much more thorough inspection of that top deep to see just how much honey it actually has. Apparently, the honey flow this time was not impressive. Going to wait and see.
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