newbe
New Bee
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2012
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- Location
- Isle of Wight
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
Hi
This is my first year keeping bees. They swarmed in May and I split the colony in to 2 and now have 2 strong colonies and both have 2 supers on them.
There is 1 empty frame on the first super and 4 empty frames on the second.
Do I add another super? Or remove the capped honey and replace with new frames?
I am aware the first super is the bees winter food supply.
Can you leave the second super on over winter too? I am not in it for the honey.
All advise appreciated
This is my first year keeping bees. They swarmed in May and I split the colony in to 2 and now have 2 strong colonies and both have 2 supers on them.
There is 1 empty frame on the first super and 4 empty frames on the second.
Do I add another super? Or remove the capped honey and replace with new frames?
I am aware the first super is the bees winter food supply.
Can you leave the second super on over winter too? I am not in it for the honey.
All advise appreciated