beepig
House Bee
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In my fifth year and still I cannot fathom super below brood or above.. pros and cons?
In my fifth year and still I cannot fathom super below brood or above.. pros and cons?
In my fifth year and still I cannot fathom super below brood or above.. pros and cons?
Think of it this way: heat rises so the warmest part of the hive in winter will be towards the top. They store their food where they can access it (where it is warmest) in winter.If they stored it at the bottom, they would have to move lower in the hive where it may be colder to access the food.
Beekeepers can take advantage of this by placing boxes above the brood to collect a honey crop, or, placing unfinished supers below the brood box at the end of the season. The bees don't like their stores there so they move them up above the cluster where they can access them during winter.
domino;600727 I have two brood boxes I'll move old comb into a bottom box so I can change in out come spring.[/QUOTE said:Yes. I do this too. I try to get nice, new comb which is full of worker cells, and, preferably full of stores, in the top box. They move up onto this and the bottom box is empty in the spring. This is a good way to cycle-out any damaged combs that has too much drone comb in them.
Over winter I don't think it matters. I have, however, noticed that my bees clear the bottom box out and in spring it is empty. So if I have two brood boxes I'll move old comb into a bottom box so I can change in out come spring.
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