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4.2 Opening the hive
  1. To open and extract frames
    1. Wear a bee suite and gloves
    2. Use a smoker - puff some smoke in front of your entrance to calm the bees.
    3. Open the hive with the hive tool, the bees will have sealed the hive with propolis. You will need to break the propolis seal.
    4. Puff some more smoke to calm the bees.
    5. Grab and lift the frames up with a frame grip
    6. Brush the bees off of the frames with a bee brush or shake the frames to get the bees off.
  2. Don’t remove frames until you are ready to harvest the honey. Let the bees maintain the honey.
  3. If a number of frames are full of capped honey, it’s time to harvest
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Backyard Beekeeping
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2About Bees
3The Hive
4Hive Maintenance
5Honey and Wax
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