Percymerlin
New Bee
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2012
- Messages
- 16
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- Location
- Langstone, Hampshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2 hives and proud of them
Ok I live in the sunny South of England by the coast and my wife and I are in our first year of bee keeping, one National hive.
In July the bees moved all their capped honey and nectar that was in the brood box to the super. The super was filled and we then added a second super, which is now about ¾ full.
We have extracted 6 frames of honey from the full super putting it back, including the wet frames for the bees for winter feed. Sorry just could not resist taking some honey.
In the brood box we have 5 frames of BIAS & eggs plus Drone cells and 3 frames of pollen, just no honey stores. We have moved over from the peak of 8 frames of brood earlier in the year so things are changing.
The BB** mag is talking about closing up for the winter, treating for Varroa etc, here our bees are still working their socks off with pollen and nectar and it is still going in the supers.
The question is, do we just still leave as it for a few more weeks/months and what if anything should be done to ensure the bees have the stores they need in the brood box rather than leaving the super on the hive through the winter months.
In July the bees moved all their capped honey and nectar that was in the brood box to the super. The super was filled and we then added a second super, which is now about ¾ full.
We have extracted 6 frames of honey from the full super putting it back, including the wet frames for the bees for winter feed. Sorry just could not resist taking some honey.
In the brood box we have 5 frames of BIAS & eggs plus Drone cells and 3 frames of pollen, just no honey stores. We have moved over from the peak of 8 frames of brood earlier in the year so things are changing.
The BB** mag is talking about closing up for the winter, treating for Varroa etc, here our bees are still working their socks off with pollen and nectar and it is still going in the supers.
The question is, do we just still leave as it for a few more weeks/months and what if anything should be done to ensure the bees have the stores they need in the brood box rather than leaving the super on the hive through the winter months.