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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 200" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>they can winter just fine in a single FD brood box. however you certainly do not want to downsize them in the middle of the flow.</p><p>i highly recommend you use the same box size for supers as you do brood. this allows you to replace brood frames quite easily.</p><p>two 3/4's for brood works well.</p><p></p><p></p><p>excellent point.</p><p></p><p>there is a dirty old hobbyist trick of leaving wet frames, or even feeding whole frames, by leaving them outside the hives.</p><p>this is very bad. not only do you have a very high risk of making bees rob, which in turn can attack your hive, it is also a fantastic way to spread disease all around the neighbourhood. keep in mind city areas are the largest diseased areas in the country.</p><p></p><p>all wet frames (aka stickies) should be put back on the hive in a super. that way only that hive cleans them up. that avoids robbing and any disease issues stay in that hive not spread around the neighbourhood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 200, member: 30"] they can winter just fine in a single FD brood box. however you certainly do not want to downsize them in the middle of the flow. i highly recommend you use the same box size for supers as you do brood. this allows you to replace brood frames quite easily. two 3/4's for brood works well. excellent point. there is a dirty old hobbyist trick of leaving wet frames, or even feeding whole frames, by leaving them outside the hives. this is very bad. not only do you have a very high risk of making bees rob, which in turn can attack your hive, it is also a fantastic way to spread disease all around the neighbourhood. keep in mind city areas are the largest diseased areas in the country. all wet frames (aka stickies) should be put back on the hive in a super. that way only that hive cleans them up. that avoids robbing and any disease issues stay in that hive not spread around the neighbourhood. [/QUOTE]
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