Dunbarrover
New Bee
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2009
- Messages
- 12
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Merseyside
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
In my third year. Opted to double brood (Nationals) all my hives to minimise swarming (Demaree). Not 100% successful, but worth a go.
Jury still out on DBL Brood as a way forward. A couple of hives very strong and laying extensively in both boxes and the honey crop from those is likely to be the best I've had, two full supers and a third on its way. Will be cropping next week.
Also I haven't found examining 22 brood frames rather than 11 as big a chore as was told it would be.
Thoughts now turning to overwintering. All of the hives have laid down a fair amount of stores in the outer brood frames, but will probably need supplementing by autumn feed.
My question is, would you normally expect to overwinter with a super of stores on the hives in addition to the two brood boxes? If so top or bottom of the hive?
Jury still out on DBL Brood as a way forward. A couple of hives very strong and laying extensively in both boxes and the honey crop from those is likely to be the best I've had, two full supers and a third on its way. Will be cropping next week.
Also I haven't found examining 22 brood frames rather than 11 as big a chore as was told it would be.
Thoughts now turning to overwintering. All of the hives have laid down a fair amount of stores in the outer brood frames, but will probably need supplementing by autumn feed.
My question is, would you normally expect to overwinter with a super of stores on the hives in addition to the two brood boxes? If so top or bottom of the hive?