dc197
New Bee
- Joined
- Aug 6, 2010
- Messages
- 42
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- Location
- Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
Hello everyone
Newbie here, with a question about the slow clearing of supers while trying to feed.
I do not own an extractor and plan to rent my association's one. I can only have it for a week and I have to wait my turn, so I have to be ready for when it's available, rather than getting it when my honey is ready. It could be a fortnight between removing full frames and returning them to be licked and/or refilled. So I need all of my frames off and waiting at the point of borrowing the extractor, rather than spinning in stages.
I have removed one super's worth of frames already and have two remaining supers still on the hive. In the time since I removed the first super (approx 1 week so far) I have fed 2:1 syrup to cover the honey I've taken. They've been hungry and have taken 1 litre down in 24 hours, three times. I use a small flat feeder, I do not have a frame feeder.
I think I am ready to re-arrange the remaining two supers' frames to put the sealed ones upstairs and clear them, leaving one super's worth of frames that are not sealed still on top of the brood for winter.
Can anyone tell me, please, what is the best way to complete this slow clearing while feeding at the same time, yet not end up with frames for me that are nothing but syrup?
Many thanks
Daniel
Bucks
Newbie here, with a question about the slow clearing of supers while trying to feed.
I do not own an extractor and plan to rent my association's one. I can only have it for a week and I have to wait my turn, so I have to be ready for when it's available, rather than getting it when my honey is ready. It could be a fortnight between removing full frames and returning them to be licked and/or refilled. So I need all of my frames off and waiting at the point of borrowing the extractor, rather than spinning in stages.
I have removed one super's worth of frames already and have two remaining supers still on the hive. In the time since I removed the first super (approx 1 week so far) I have fed 2:1 syrup to cover the honey I've taken. They've been hungry and have taken 1 litre down in 24 hours, three times. I use a small flat feeder, I do not have a frame feeder.
I think I am ready to re-arrange the remaining two supers' frames to put the sealed ones upstairs and clear them, leaving one super's worth of frames that are not sealed still on top of the brood for winter.
Can anyone tell me, please, what is the best way to complete this slow clearing while feeding at the same time, yet not end up with frames for me that are nothing but syrup?
Many thanks
Daniel
Bucks