Nick W
House Bee
- Joined
- Sep 13, 2009
- Messages
- 106
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Kidderminster
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2 Hives
Hello
Im fairly new to Bee Keeping.
The Queen has managed to get into the super.
How do I know - I have been carrying out inspections of the brood chamber and noticed lots of brood at all stages. I never thought to to check the supers.
I had a super from this hive the end of last year which I had put on in Spring to feed them. I never took it off and I only ever checked a couple of frame of the super.
Anyway, today I was going to take the super off, put bee pollen on,treat with Apitraz.
I put clearer board on yesterday and today lots of bees still in super. So I went through the super frames and saw capped brood.
What do I do now? Do I just shake frames over the brood box and discard the super frames? I realise I wont be able to use them for honey in future.
Im just a little stuck as to what to do next.
Before you ask, yes I did have a Queen Excluder but must have got through or it wasn't secure.
Im fairly new to Bee Keeping.
The Queen has managed to get into the super.
How do I know - I have been carrying out inspections of the brood chamber and noticed lots of brood at all stages. I never thought to to check the supers.
I had a super from this hive the end of last year which I had put on in Spring to feed them. I never took it off and I only ever checked a couple of frame of the super.
Anyway, today I was going to take the super off, put bee pollen on,treat with Apitraz.
I put clearer board on yesterday and today lots of bees still in super. So I went through the super frames and saw capped brood.
What do I do now? Do I just shake frames over the brood box and discard the super frames? I realise I wont be able to use them for honey in future.
Im just a little stuck as to what to do next.
Before you ask, yes I did have a Queen Excluder but must have got through or it wasn't secure.