How Late Can You Add Foundation - When To Add Foundation To Your Hive - When To Replace Brood Frames

[@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801]

Very helpful, thanks, Peter

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Thanks Peter 😀

[@petermcfadden9426]

Useful advice. Thanks!

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Cheers Peter 🍻

[@NaturalBeekeeping.]

Nice Information Sir.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Thank you :)

[@NaturalBeekeeping.]

@@BlackMountainHoney Welcome

[@peterwilson4074]

Thank you for this info….. new to bee keeping. Done this today, let’s see how we go. Thanks. 👍

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Keep the feed coming in and be sure to report back 😉

[@Chungsta]

Another bit of great advice..👍 I’ve noticed that my queens will avoid laying in the old black comb…she knows that it’s not a good place to lay her eggs, but the colony will store nectar in it..!

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Cheers NA. That's an interesting observation. I've never noticed that myself

[@arthurkinderman6149]

love the videos, very useful what do I do if my frames have brood in them and I don't want to put them at edge because that will split the brood nest

[@dannyhiggins6095]

Gr8 tip Lawrence 👍l also write the year on my frames when put in so i know how old they are cheers Dan from Aussie land 🍻🍻

[@BlackMountainHoney]

That's a great tip Dan! I really need to get into the habit of doing that! You are very organised 😀

[@markmurphy8303]

Hi Lawrence, great info mate ?

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Thanks Mark. Tried and tested 😀

[@alexk6745]

Are you sure that the new frame need to go into the middle? I'm afraid that the frame in the middle can become a barrier for the queen and she won't go further and won't be laying eggs in one half of the broodbox. For me it is very important right now to make a right choice as 3 days ago I bought my first beehive with 8 frames. It currently has 2 frames with foundation in the middle and aside and bees working to build these. I plan to move them to 10 frames box and add 2 more frames with foundation. As the side frames usually have honey and bee bread I plan to add frames with foundation as 2nd and 9th. In that case queen work should not be affected. For me vital my first colony grow so that I will split it later this summer(I'm in Australia) and will have few more queens just in case so that I won't have to buy another beehive. So the question what position should be new frames with foundation added?

[@ultrasteve9031]

Great video thanks. If there is still brood and it gets split with the foundation in the middle, will that not cause any problems?

[@BlackMountainHoney]

My experience is they will draw it out in a matter of days if you are still feeding so it shouldnt cause issues and split any brood.

[@ultrasteve9031]

@@BlackMountainHoney Thank you. I'll try it. Cheers

[@Lsmith-ly2cm]

What month was it in the time of this video? thank you

[@emmapatter5269]

How long are the brood frames contaminated for after using a treatment like Apivar?

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Indefinitely im afraid.

[@emmapatter5269]

@@BlackMountainHoney thank you, that's what I thought

[@ajaxharg]

I'm curious what you do with the honey after melting it? Do you feed it back to them? Also people seem to talk about causing a split in the colony and the bees on the non-queen side of the frame making queen cells. How often do you find this happens? Thanks@@BlackMountainHoney

[@bluelab5019]

You changed your camera? The quality is stunning

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Same camera for past 18 months 😀

[@laightnightknits4358]

Why did you scratch the drawn comb back? ...

[@atlas4225]

Why are you so opposed to drone comb? I know they arent productive but they are an essential part of the sustainable bee colonies