drone comb?

[tryintolearn]

am i supposed to be scrapping the drone cells off?

[tryintolearn]

saw several less than 10 but i just put the frame right back in

[yockey5]

Drones are a part of a healthy hive until fall. The bees will drag them out in the fall. They (the workers) know what they need.

[AllenF]

If they are in the way, cut them out.   If you are using a green frame for  mite control, freeze it and the bees will clean it up.  The bees know how many drones they need.

[L Daxon]

I don't use the green drone frames, but occasionally I will come across a frame that has a big spot/section of mostly capped drone cells and i will pull that out and freeze it for mite control.  Frequently that is buy itself in one of the top boxes/honey supers as I do not use a queen excluder.

But on the whole I believe in letting the girls make the amount of drone they think they need.  They understand that better than I do.

But you might watch cause if a mated queen is producing way too much drone she could be getting old or poorly mated and in need of replacement (though, again, I usually allow the girls to know when the queen needs to be superceded.)

[tryintolearn]

thanks for the input