Giving bees another job

Mary O’Riordan says when the honey crop has been removed, there is usually a huge population of bees in the hive, so it is a good time to get some comb drawn.    

When the honey crop has been removed, there is usually a huge population of bees in the hive, so it is a good time to get some comb drawn.

When I started beekeeping, I had a mentor who used to say, “there are thousands of bees just idling around, so we will give them some work to do”.