GravityGuy
New Bee
Hi all,
I have a bit of a situation where, due to illness, I haven't been able to get to my hives since late summer. I'm now better but I'm very concerned that I can't feed my hives due to low temps at night. All of my hives still have their supers on, so my thought process was to remove all but one from each and remove the QE. Is this a viable option and if I do this do I leave the super on the top or place below the brood box? I've seen differing methods but having never left a super on before (I am normally a better beekeeper than I've been ablew to be this year) I'm not sure of the best method. My concern if I leave it above the brood box is that the queen will start to lay in it as soon as it starts to get warm in spring again.
I really would very much appreciate anyones help on this as I want to get down to them tomorrow (as it's going to be a few degrees warmer than today) and get them sorted so I don't lose them over winter.
Many thanks
Mike
I have a bit of a situation where, due to illness, I haven't been able to get to my hives since late summer. I'm now better but I'm very concerned that I can't feed my hives due to low temps at night. All of my hives still have their supers on, so my thought process was to remove all but one from each and remove the QE. Is this a viable option and if I do this do I leave the super on the top or place below the brood box? I've seen differing methods but having never left a super on before (I am normally a better beekeeper than I've been ablew to be this year) I'm not sure of the best method. My concern if I leave it above the brood box is that the queen will start to lay in it as soon as it starts to get warm in spring again.
I really would very much appreciate anyones help on this as I want to get down to them tomorrow (as it's going to be a few degrees warmer than today) and get them sorted so I don't lose them over winter.
Many thanks
Mike