Results of NewsPaper Combine Method
A week ago we reduced the White Hive at my house down to one box, and took it over and combined it with hive #2 at my dad's house using the newspaper method.
We peeked on them after 24 hours, and they had chewed through a corner along the back of the box.
Then we checked on them this weekend, 7 days later, and they had chewed through several corners and the two hives were mixing together as seen below.
We removed the newspaper and reduced the three deeps (combined hive) into just two deeps, choosing to keep frames that had the most amount of honey, pollen and brood.
It looks like the newspaper combine method was a success! This hive should now be ready to overwinter.
We peeked on them after 24 hours, and they had chewed through a corner along the back of the box.
Then we checked on them this weekend, 7 days later, and they had chewed through several corners and the two hives were mixing together as seen below.
We removed the newspaper and reduced the three deeps (combined hive) into just two deeps, choosing to keep frames that had the most amount of honey, pollen and brood.
It looks like the newspaper combine method was a success! This hive should now be ready to overwinter.
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