I have finished the dismantling and clean-up of the defunct hive #3. With the use of the escape board, I took off box I had combined with #2. I took 4 frames of newish drawn comb from that box and replaced 4 frames with old wax in the top brood box.
I then spent a couple of days of scraping propolis and burr comb from all the frames and scraping the old wax off the foundation. I cleaned and repaired the boxes,
Now my shed is full of deep and medium boxes, plastic garbage bags with drawn comb and lots of empty frames.
I have started building the new hive stands. My drill press is inadequate for making the necessary holes in the pipes, so today I went by the Cabrillo College tool shop. The manager there said he would drill the holes for me next week after finals there are done. Pictures will be forthcoming.
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