I have a Dadant with 3 supers. 1 is new with new frames and is filling up fast so i know it will be all honey. The other 2 are nearly full. I took 7 full frames off last year to extract and then fed syrup. Should i have marked the remaining full frames before feeding so i know what i extract now is honey not syrup......if that makes sense. Or does it matter if it gets mixed up?
Extracting question. Syrup or honey?
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It does matter if you have syrup in your honey
Did you not remove the supers for winter?
Did you not remove the supers for winter?
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A dadant would have had more than enough room to hold ample winter stores, the supers should have all come off.
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Oh dear, you are being overkind!
Even the super you added may have some sugar syrup moved into it. I understand your concerns but a brood box full of stores should be plenty for winter. This.... Leave a super on..... Is not really necessary although we all tend to do it! Leaving two on is definitely not necessary. I would suggest all that honey is yours this year and much of it will be syrup!
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Even the super you added may have some sugar syrup moved into it. I understand your concerns but a brood box full of stores should be plenty for winter. This.... Leave a super on..... Is not really necessary although we all tend to do it! Leaving two on is definitely not necessary. I would suggest all that honey is yours this year and much of it will be syrup!
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And a Dadant is huge
They have enough room in the brood for winter stores
If those were my supers I would extract and feed back the syrupy bits and eat the rest myself.
They have enough room in the brood for winter stores
If those were my supers I would extract and feed back the syrupy bits and eat the rest myself.
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But feed it back in the Autumn - not now
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Yes. Thought that was a given. But maybe not
Been on this forum way toooooooooooooo long to take anything as a given
