steve_e
House Bee
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2010
- Messages
- 251
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- Location
- East Sussex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
This is a problem I've had at the end of the season (August) over my two or three summers, but I'm having it at the moment as I'd like to take a couple of full supers off (I think the main source has been OSR and I want to extract them before they granulate).
The problem is that although the supers are pretty full, with each frame partially capped, none of them are fully capped. So can/should you remove and extract them when not fully capped? At the end of the season it gets frustrating as they never seem to 'finish' them, and I must admit in the end I have removed them even if only half capped (with no ill effect so far).
Is there a percentage above which the moisture content is likely to mean it will be ok to remove them or must they be fully capped to do it properly?
The problem is that although the supers are pretty full, with each frame partially capped, none of them are fully capped. So can/should you remove and extract them when not fully capped? At the end of the season it gets frustrating as they never seem to 'finish' them, and I must admit in the end I have removed them even if only half capped (with no ill effect so far).
Is there a percentage above which the moisture content is likely to mean it will be ok to remove them or must they be fully capped to do it properly?