Open & Inspect - Step 22 - Beekeeping Supplies Protective Clothing Beekeeping Equipment

In special cases, you may want to move the brood cluster more toward the other side of the hive box. This was the case with this weak hive that was having wax moth problems, since I wanted a more centralized distribution of bees in the box. In this way there would be more areas of the hive box attended by bees, so they have a better chance of controlling the wax moths if they reappear. So, I took one of the empty frames and put it next to the queen frame, as shown here. In this way, I moved the brood cluster one frame closer to the center of the box while eliminating an empty space in the center. On the next hive inspection, if they are still having a problem with moths, I will eradicate the moth population again and move the cluster more toward the center.