# How can I harvest frames that are not totally full?

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-can-i-harvest-frames-that-are-not-totally-full/8141>\
**Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-can-i-harvest-frames-that-are-not-totally-full/8141 "2016-08-08T20:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Viennabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/439d5e/32.png) [@Viennabee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Viennabee)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-can-i-harvest-frames-that-are-not-totally-full/8141/41 "2016-08-24T23:47:09Z")

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Hy Mary  
Nice t o meet you in this chat.!  
Well I have to admit: 2 days after I took the foto of my hives that I posted, the left one swarmed - it was a big swarm sitting on a tree out of reach.  
 ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/7/7f346b8500176e6d2d7a6f9708dfa37c87ffd8d6.jpeg)  
 ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/e/eebb97e79e50df20e142ceaaeb8b7e23ac10abba.jpeg)  
So we had to let him go 😢  
I took away the flowsuper and had to reduce them to one broodbox  
Unfortunately the young queen had an accident or what ever - the colony got dronebrooding (I am translating intuitively because my dictionary has no idea)  
I swept off all the frames and bougth a new queen, but she was not accepted, so we had to dissolve the Colony 😭😭😭  
Rhigt now I am doing the varroatreatment hoping that the bees will survive the winter  
But still I absolutely enjoy beekeeping and hope you do as well  
Good luck with your girls !  
Greeting Maria

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**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-can-i-harvest-frames-that-are-not-totally-full/8141/42 "2016-08-25T00:41:44Z")

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Thank you! I’m glad to see I helped someone - you’re brave! I’m just a first-year beekeeper y’know!

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**Author:** ![mbeeee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/mbeeee/32/4168_2.png) [@mbeeee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/mbeeee)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-can-i-harvest-frames-that-are-not-totally-full/8141/43 "2016-08-25T15:29:16Z")

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That’s a HUGE swarm, Maria! What a shame to lose it…something I dread,  
but something I also know that I am not prepared to deal with today if it happens.

I’m going into my hives this weekend to check on harvest-readiness, and  
also to do mite testing. I’ll try to post some photos.

Good luck…all we can do is keep learning!

mb

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