the Hive was brought over from this college as he intend to change the bee to cica instead of itama. cica is bigger size of bee can produce more honey than itama.
over the period, out of curiosity i have done the following experiment with the intention to expand the current hive topping with adding another layer on top of it.
the box was brought from art accessories shop with coincident suitable size and cost around rm 33. to try out.
1st time - failed, the bee seal up the hole without hesitate.
Reason the hole is too small, the bee feel is a leaking hole instead of a new spacious for storage.
2nd time - failed, the bee seal up the hole as well.
Reason the hole is light bigger only, bee manage to fill it up as well.
No photo(forgot to take)
3rd time - failed, the bee took about a week time and seal up the hole completely
Reason the hole was quite big, but i guess without the pollen,propolis or honey to attract it to feel comfort to expand their storage.
4th time - in review
Action - open up the previous hive and put a portion of propolis nearby to the hole make it feel more comfortable to expand.
The results is under observation at the moment.
To be confirm again if expansion successful or failed.
