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Two hives robbed and gone.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12730" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>If by cleaning the frames you mean scraping all the comb off, personally I would not.</p><p></p><p>It takes the bees way more effort to rebuild a scraped frame, than an unscraped, even if in fairly bad condition. What I do in similar situations is start the new bees off on the best of the brood frames available to allow them to get established, then gradually feed in the worse combs. Your hive will get up and running much faster than if the combs are scraped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 12730, member: 13"] If by cleaning the frames you mean scraping all the comb off, personally I would not. It takes the bees way more effort to rebuild a scraped frame, than an unscraped, even if in fairly bad condition. What I do in similar situations is start the new bees off on the best of the brood frames available to allow them to get established, then gradually feed in the worse combs. Your hive will get up and running much faster than if the combs are scraped. [/QUOTE]
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