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<blockquote data-quote="Mummzie" data-source="post: 2186" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>I totally agree with the recommendation to go all 3/4 and the document describes how to go about it.</p><p></p><p>It takes time and for this winter you need advice. Are your frames in your 3/4 Manley or Hoffman?. Manley have no shaping and fit 8 to a box whereas Hofmans fit 10. The problem with putting a 3/4 frame in a FD box is that the girls decide to fill up the space and will draw comb on the bottom (particularily in spring)</p><p></p><p>In order to answer your question about reducing from 2 boxes to 1- you would need to describe or post a photo of the population.</p><p>When you open the box, how many frames are fully covered in bees? You can see this by looking in the gaps between the frames.</p><p>Also- how many frames of honey do your girls have in the FD boxes?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mummzie, post: 2186, member: 5"] I totally agree with the recommendation to go all 3/4 and the document describes how to go about it. It takes time and for this winter you need advice. Are your frames in your 3/4 Manley or Hoffman?. Manley have no shaping and fit 8 to a box whereas Hofmans fit 10. The problem with putting a 3/4 frame in a FD box is that the girls decide to fill up the space and will draw comb on the bottom (particularily in spring) In order to answer your question about reducing from 2 boxes to 1- you would need to describe or post a photo of the population. When you open the box, how many frames are fully covered in bees? You can see this by looking in the gaps between the frames. Also- how many frames of honey do your girls have in the FD boxes? [/QUOTE]
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