For want of a better word
Queen Bee
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- Miriads
SWMBO has returned from the school run with the news from one of the yummie mummies that we are not keeping our bees properly......
"You have left 2 supers of stores on top of some of your hives and that will stop the bees from hibernating overwinter and they will all die!"
One super is for stores, the other an eke for the feeder (coming off this week)
Knowing someone else who attended the same (LA) beekeeping course this year, ( but not yet started keeping) I just have asked him what doctrine had been wheeled out at the lectures on this matter... he said yes she is right stores must go under the brood for winter.
Just answer.... UNDER or OVER !
"You have left 2 supers of stores on top of some of your hives and that will stop the bees from hibernating overwinter and they will all die!"
One super is for stores, the other an eke for the feeder (coming off this week)
Knowing someone else who attended the same (LA) beekeeping course this year, ( but not yet started keeping) I just have asked him what doctrine had been wheeled out at the lectures on this matter... he said yes she is right stores must go under the brood for winter.
Just answer.... UNDER or OVER !