getting supers drawn

[Shabro]

is it better to leave the excluder off to get supers drawn out?
I have plenty of supers but the majority are undrawn

 

[Rob55]

Just to expand slightly, would a light feed encourage them to get it drawn out?

 

[tomtit]

Feeding them sugar water 1kg to 1lt will get them to draw comb quicker

 

[fiftyjon]

is it better to leave the excluder off to get supers drawn out?
I have plenty of supers but the majority are undrawn

Put the supers on without the excluder until they have started to draw it out then if you wish, put a queen excluder back in under the first super, ensuring the queen if she is in the super is put below the excluder.

Feeding syrup runs the risk of it being stored, it shouldn't be needed if there is a flow.

 

[Davea]

Spray the new foundation with sugar syrup to get them up and working it and/or bruise the honey arch in the brood box.

 

[Finman]

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When a colony is ready to draw super, it does it. YOu need not not "encourage" them to do anything.

To feed sugar in summer is totally wrong.

 

[Finman]

Spray the new foundation with sugar syrup to get them up and working it and/or bruise the honey arch in the brood box.

That has nothing to do with occupying super.
Bees do it when the colony is big enough.

Learn instead, how bee colony grows during spring and summer.

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