Nannysbees
Drone Bee
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- Location
- Barry
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
When are you planning to remove your supers for the summer harvest?
Some off this morning. Leaving uncapped supers on for the bees for now but I suspect I’ll get them to rob the honey down in a fortnight.When are you planning to remove your supers for the summer harvest?
It's still July!!!!Some off this morning. Leaving uncapped supers on for the bees for now but I suspect I’ll get them to rob the honey down in a fortnight.
It's Royal Welsh show week, although I hate ascribing a calendar to anything beekeeping related - a strange phenomenon I've witnessed time and time again is, unless you have heather, once the show starts the flow peters out - regardless of weather or 'bumper seasons' and it even happened during the pandemic when the show was cancelled!It's still July!!!!
How will you get them to do that?Some off this morning. Leaving uncapped supers on for the bees for now but I suspect I’ll get them to rob the honey down in a fortnight.
Operation eke. Crown board above brood with small opening, eke then uncapped shallows on top, then roof.How will you get them to do that?
Only just.It's still July!!!!
Yes. I’ve found that an empty super works better than an ekeOperation eke. Crown board above brood with small opening, eke then uncapped shallows on top, then roof.
I split the super. Remove a few frames then replace once clearer board is in place.some supers were too heavy to lift back to the top of the hive after placing clearer boards (CB)
Good thinking Dani. Time consuming but, hey, we're retired!I split the super. Remove a few frames then replace once clearer board is in place.
Take the frames one at a time into an empty super the next day. That way you can easily brush off the odd bee instead of taking her home
Yes, you're right. If I want to reduce the height of a stack I just take the topmost super off, take the crownboard off the colony receiving a donation and just dump it on there, no fuss, no faffery.You'll think this a crazy experiment: I placed two of the heaviest supers each on a lower hive over a CB, the idea being that the slow transfer of bees into the host colony would be akin to uniting
I do the same. Much easier.I split the super. Remove a few frames then replace once clearer board is in place.
Take the frames one at a time into an empty super the next day. That way you can easily brush off the odd bee instead of taking her home
I started last week, will be finished by next. Nothing coming in and with this weather they will start eating through them. Luckily I have 2bb full of stores which I had saved. Frames are being used as supers are removed.When are you planning to remove your supers for the summer harvest?
Enrico did you not get the "July is the new February" memo?It's still July!!!!
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