Deerless
New Bee
I have a large colony and someone has suggested I overwinter on brood and a half.
I am relatively new and was wondering what the implications of this are, will queen move up and begin to lay in super early in season and if so what to do with super. As it is a large prolific colony, do I just leave super on and run on brood and a half next year.
I ask as I was thinking of swapping standard brood box for 12 x 14 which would make inspections easier than brood + 1/2.
I am relatively new and was wondering what the implications of this are, will queen move up and begin to lay in super early in season and if so what to do with super. As it is a large prolific colony, do I just leave super on and run on brood and a half next year.
I ask as I was thinking of swapping standard brood box for 12 x 14 which would make inspections easier than brood + 1/2.