bees clumping in the super

[Dookie]

Afternoon all

I went to my hive today to take off the feeder and noticed the bees are clumping in the super. Is that a normal thing for them to do?

Any ideas?

Richard

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

explain your setup - might give us a better idea of what's happening

 

[Dookie]

its a normal national setup, brood box at the bottom with a queen excluder and a super on top. The bees are mostly in the brood box doing their normal stuff but they have started to make a small clump in the middle of the super. I will take a photo tomorrow because im not great at explaining stuff.

 

[Swarm]

Don't bother with the photo, when you visit, remove the excluder. it shouldn't be there now.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Don't bother with the photo, when you visit, remove the excluder. it shouldn't be there now.

 

[chrisb]

Don't bother with the photo, when you visit, remove the excluder. it shouldn't be there now.

you beet me to that one

 

[Gilberdyke John]

The OP entered the forum April 2012. How can he/she have not read the basic advice about queen excluder removal for winter in all the time from then to the present? Trying hard not to be a grumpy old man!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Trying hard not to be a grumpy old man!

Don't bother - just go with it and enjoy the experience

 

[Erichalfbee]

Don't bother - just go with it and enjoy the experience

Yay......I enjoy my grumpy old man

 

[chrisb]

The OP entered the forum April 2012. How can he/she have not read the basic advice about queen excluder removal for winter in all the time from then to the present? Trying hard not to be a grumpy old man!

According to my better half ( cough cough ) my normal daily mood is grumpy old git

 

[Swarm]

The OP entered the forum April 2012. How can he/she have not read the basic advice about queen excluder removal for winter in all the time from then to the present? Trying hard not to be a grumpy old man!

With a post count of just 29, perhaps he/she has a life and doesn't spend half of it on the internet?

 

[pargyle]

According to my better half ( cough cough ) my normal daily mood is grumpy old git

My other half reckons I was born a grumpy git and have now graduated to being an impossibly grumpy, miserable, opinionated, old git ...Perfectly normal for a man of my age as far as I can tell ?