beeno
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2011
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- Location
- South East
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
I like to overwinter on one brood if at all poss. My bees started their own winter preps before I started feeding, so they have moved their super stores into the brood box. I am leaving an empty super as an eke for treatment and to feed the bees. During the day they used to sit around the edge of the super, but now they are all down below. The brood boxes are very full of syrup and some nectar, so I will lay off feeding for a few days. All the queens are now producing their winter bees, some frames are more or less fully laid up with eggs and young larvae, but other winter frames with a small brood nest down the bottom surrounded by pollen and nectar. I have not seen the pollen fest that I normally get yet, but I guess that will come in a few days time when the eggs start hatching.