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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Merging

To help the perceived overcrowding of the original hive, I decided to place a make-shift super atop the top-bars (with small gaps) and alternate empty top-bars between the established comb. The idea was to create additional vertical and lateral-space for the hive to grow. They quickly drew the comb on the empty bars, but not much was occurring in the 'super'. Yesterday, I decided to merge to 'super' into the established hive, since they might be forming a new queen soon. Due to this possibility, I wanted to ensure that the larvae present was moved into the core of the hive.

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