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Looking for some minor feedback. 1st year beekeeper in Fayetteville, NC. I have two hives (Italians, started out as packages in late April). I am using medium boxes and both colonies have nicely filled out two boxes with brood (great pattern) and no signs of pests (as of yet). Two weeks ago, I put on my first honey supers (undecided if I will harvest or not) but switched to plastic frames. I sprayed them down with sugar syrup, but there has been zero appreciable activity. There is LOTS of nectar still out there (over 2 dozen Mimosa trees). I am thinking my girls just dont like the plastic. I am going to put in an order for some regular frames. Questions: 1. Does the group agree with my assessment of dropping the plastic? 2. Since I am not set on harvesting any honey this year, if I switch back to regular frames, should I go with the standard wax foundation, or should I risk it with going foundationless frames? Thanks.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:54:03 +0000

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