This is what happens

This is what happens when you don’t manage your hive. This guy called and said he wanted me to look at his hive. He saw roaches going into it. I told him that if roaches were going in, the hive was dead, or on its way out. I pulled it apart and found comb that was over 5 years old. You have to replace it about every 3 years. There weren’t enough frames and the bees had built in the open space. The hive only had about 50 bees in it. I gave him some info on what he needed to do if he was going to have another hive. If you don’t want to manage the hive, don’t have one.