Question on Snelgrove and Demaree

[Ely]

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[Swarm]

The workers have free movement in the entire hive. They feed the brood the same way they would in any colony.

With a screened board, the upper box is a separate entity nurse bees in the box below do not have access.

 

[Ely]

With a screened board, the upper box is a separate entity nurse bees in the box below do not have access.

Ah yes. I missed that. In that case, they forage for it.

 

[Moody]

I think you are over complicating things. It is fine and normal for the upper boxes to be full of honey ready to take off at the end of summer to be extracted as normal. It's a non issue

Would it be an issue if the frames were exposed to Varoa treatment in the previous season?

I went into winter on double brood (Top box was stores). I treated frames with Varoa treatment. They came out of winter with some frames full of store's. In March I added a super and it appears they have moved the stores from the BB and into the super and capped all the frames.

Would this still be suitable for human consumption?

 

[Moody]

I think you are over complicating things. It is fine and normal for the upper boxes to be full of honey ready to take off at the end of summer to be extracted as normal. It's a non issue

Would it be an issue if the frames were exposed to Varoa treatment in the previous season?

I went into winter on double brood (Top box was stores). I treated frames with Varoa treatment. They came out of winter with some frames full of store's. In March I added a super and it appears they have moved the stores from the BB and into the super and capped all the frames.

Would this still be suitable for human consumption?
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[jenkinsbrynmair]

Would it be an issue if the frames were exposed to Varoa treatment in the previous season?

no

I treated frames with Varoa treatment. They came out of winter with some frames full of store's. In March I added a super and it appears they have moved the stores from the BB and into the super and capped all the frames.

Would this still be suitable for human consumption?

technically no, but what treatment did you actually use?

 

[Moody]

no

technically no, but what treatment did you actually use?

Apivar strips, left on for 6 weeks.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

the frames are safe but I would feed the honey back to the bees in the autumn.