Clearing supers

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Hivetool2021

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Hi all, most of my hives have 6 or 7 supers on. I clear using rhombus boards but never sure how many supers I need to allow to clear into as I'm always conscious about causing congestion, I'm curious to hear how many supers you clear into and leave on for the rest of the season, I run standard nationsl and supers many thanks
 
I generally clear two at a time, using a rhombus clearer, with a deep eke as part of it. When clearing this time of year, I don’t add cleared supers back, so any still left on can be properly “finished” and the late Summer nectar can then be stored in the brood boxes (I overwinter on double brood - poly) for Winter.
 

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