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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 6769" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Whether you give a hive another box or not to some extent depends on when you will next have time to check the hive. It still quite early in the spring and I'm not a fan of putting another box on unless the bees are covering pretty much everything in the box. On the other hand they are expanding flat out at this time of year and if it's going to be a while before you can get back then you need to take that into account. As a rough rule of thumb you can expect a healthy hive with plenty of stores to double its strength every month at this time of year.</p><p>If you haven't treated for varoa then you should do so urgently. There is nothing more important for hive health these days than effective and timely varoa control and especially with new beekeepers varoa kills way more hives than anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 6769, member: 207"] Whether you give a hive another box or not to some extent depends on when you will next have time to check the hive. It still quite early in the spring and I'm not a fan of putting another box on unless the bees are covering pretty much everything in the box. On the other hand they are expanding flat out at this time of year and if it's going to be a while before you can get back then you need to take that into account. As a rough rule of thumb you can expect a healthy hive with plenty of stores to double its strength every month at this time of year. If you haven't treated for varoa then you should do so urgently. There is nothing more important for hive health these days than effective and timely varoa control and especially with new beekeepers varoa kills way more hives than anything else. [/QUOTE]
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