simonforeman
Field Bee
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2018
- Messages
- 628
- Reaction score
- 57
- Location
- lincolnshire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 8
So....
The OSR has been over at least 3 weeks here. I extracted all I could then that was cappen and also that passed the shake test. This came in at 16 on the refraction. There was more honey in the supers but this was uncapped and run out the comb so was no ready...
I have checked the last 3 weeks and they are capping very slowly and are at around 1/2 capped but the uncapped cells on the frames still do not pass the shake test. I have around 3 supers full like this.
Can I leave it longer until it's all capped before extracting as I'm sure theres still a flow on as they are drawing comb in other supers and BB's. I want to get this off the hives before the summer flow so I can get the summer runny honey?
I had thought about taking it off extracting and hoping it mixes to below 18%
Any advice welcome
Edit... the last shake test was only some spots with hard shake not running out
The OSR has been over at least 3 weeks here. I extracted all I could then that was cappen and also that passed the shake test. This came in at 16 on the refraction. There was more honey in the supers but this was uncapped and run out the comb so was no ready...
I have checked the last 3 weeks and they are capping very slowly and are at around 1/2 capped but the uncapped cells on the frames still do not pass the shake test. I have around 3 supers full like this.
Can I leave it longer until it's all capped before extracting as I'm sure theres still a flow on as they are drawing comb in other supers and BB's. I want to get this off the hives before the summer flow so I can get the summer runny honey?
I had thought about taking it off extracting and hoping it mixes to below 18%
Any advice welcome
Edit... the last shake test was only some spots with hard shake not running out