Starting A New Hive With No Drawn Comb

A very successful way to start a new hive in a new box without having any drawn comb. Moving frames of brood and bees over into a new hive is a tried and true method of making splits, but circumstances sometimes don’t allow you to use existing frames. In these situations you must use only bees and some form of queen.

Chilton Bee Company sells nucs, mated queens, queen cells, honey, creamed honey, lip balm, lotion, soap, candles and wax melts

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