Too much of a good thing?

[JohnyP]

I have a June swarm in a commercial BB. 3 weeks ago it had a half full super over a QE.

I decided not to take the honey off so I removed the QE and put the super over the crownboard so they could start to draw the honey down into the BB.

Seemed like a good idea, but now, 3 weeks later I have a completely full super above the crownboard I certainly won't need to feed these guys going into winter as the hive is incredibly heavy but what BB and super layout should I go for now? Should I put the full super under the BB, or remove it altogether? I don't really want brood in my commercial super come the spring. Bit confused....

 

[enrico]

Put the super under the bb. They will use that first and move up into the bb. In the spring simply remove the empty super
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[JohnyP]

Makes sense. Thanks E

 

[Bosleeu]

Put the super under the bb. They will use that first and move up into the bb. In the spring simply remove the empty super
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Agree with this, although I may be tempted to change plan and take the honey and winter them in the broodbox only. Those Commercial BBs are pretty big. They are likely to have plenty of stores in there and only require a bit of feeding before winter.

 

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