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i was worried about prematurely killing bees, if they couldn't fit in over night

Thanks for fast reply. I've updated my OP. The Supers were removed weeks ago. I didn't actually try to see if they would all fit. There were soooo many I thought it was impossible. I guess I could have checked for bearding in the evening.

Should I have just added an extra undrawn brood box, which i could then remove when the number of bees reduce? As I'm running Langs format, I don't believe a double brood box is required for 'normal' running

hi all, My first year of beekeeping, so go easy pls. Context: I've got a large colony that did really well from a swarm in March. It ended up with 3 Lang supers on, and I got about 15kgs of very tasty honey off in the summer harvest (beginning of Aug). I have removed the cleaned extracted...

Sorry if a silly question, what is the rationale for removing the attendants?

Hi all, I'm towards the end of my theory course and have been doing my research to try and prepare as best I can for managing some bees this year. I'm a bit of a techie and love a bit of data, so my eye has been caught my the concept of hive scales. Other than general interest, my main objective...

Hi James, Thanks for your views. I know this isn't an exact science, but I was swayed by the 4 trainers on my course :-) They have all run a variety of formats and if were starting from scratch all said they would go Langs. Rationale (just a point of view): National brood box isn't really big...

Hi all, I got a lovely email from the Admin suggesting I introduce myself. I've always been interested in beekeeping ever since I found out that my grandfather kept bees (before I was born). Having moved to the country last year, we now have an appropriate place to keep them. My main motivations...