Entrance close lower entrance Week 1 set up Week 2 Remove all non brood frames from the existing brood box. Close with dummy boards. Add a clean brood box with frames of sterilised drawn comb. Move the queen with the frame she is on into the clean box. Use dummy boards to close frames together. Insert the Bailey board and close the lower entrance. Feed 2:1 (thick) syrup A method of transferring a weak colony of bees onto new drawn comb without loosing brood and causing as little stress as possible BAILEY COMB CHANGE FOR A WEAK COLONY Remove old frame from top box to lower box LEAVING THE QUEEN IN THE TOP BOX. Add 2-3 sterilised drawn comb to the top box. Check old box for queen cells and remove if found. Feed Week 4-5 Place upper brood box on clean ﬂoor and open entrance. Add addition drawn comb until full compliment is reached. Bailey Board The old box must be sterilised and old frames destroyed or fumigated Feeder 2:1 Bailey Board Entrance closed Entrance open Frames with brood only. Dummy boards used to close frames together and match frames in upper box giving ‘chimney’ eﬀect Feeder 2:1

BAILEY COMB CHANGE FOR A WEAK COLONY...Insert the Bailey board and close the lower entrance. Feed 2:1 (thick) syrup A method of transferring a weak colony of bees onto new drawn comb

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Page 1: BAILEY COMB CHANGE FOR A WEAK COLONY...Insert the Bailey board and close the lower entrance. Feed 2:1 (thick) syrup A method of transferring a weak colony of bees onto new drawn comb

Entrance close lower entrance

Week 1 set up Week 2

Remove all non brood frames from the existing brood box. Close with dummy boards.Add a clean brood box with frames of sterilised drawn comb. Move the queen with the

frame she is on into the clean box. Use dummy boards to close frames together.Insert the Bailey board and close the lower entrance.

Feed 2:1 (thick) syrup

A method of transferring a weak colony of bees ontonew drawn comb without loosing brood and causing as little stress as possible

BAILEY COMB CHANGE FOR AWEAK COLONY

Remove old frame from top box to lower boxLEAVING THE QUEEN IN THE TOP BOX.

Add 2-3 sterilised drawn comb to the top box.Check old box for queen cells

and remove if found.Feed

Week 4-5

Place upper brood box on clean �oorand open entrance.

Add addition drawn comb until fullcompliment is reached.

Bailey Board

The old box must besterilised and old framesdestroyed or fumigated