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New Bee
It's my first year, I've got one full super I can extract, but can't do so till 8 October. I haven't treated with Api-guard yet. Should I:
(a) Clear the super now, take it off and store the frames at home till extraction date, then I can begin treating the hive. If so, is that too long to store them? Could the honey crystallise?
(b) Leave it on till a few days b4 extraction. But then have I left it too late to treat the hive?
And in the meantime, should I be feeding? I've already fed a couple of kilos of sugar in a litre of water over the last week, but from what I've read, Autumn feeding is usually done after extraction and treatment. Does it matter I'm doing it now? Shall I continue? (Last inspection a couple of weeks ago showed a brood box almost devoid of stores, but I am leaving on one full super for the winter)
Thank you!!!
(a) Clear the super now, take it off and store the frames at home till extraction date, then I can begin treating the hive. If so, is that too long to store them? Could the honey crystallise?
(b) Leave it on till a few days b4 extraction. But then have I left it too late to treat the hive?
And in the meantime, should I be feeding? I've already fed a couple of kilos of sugar in a litre of water over the last week, but from what I've read, Autumn feeding is usually done after extraction and treatment. Does it matter I'm doing it now? Shall I continue? (Last inspection a couple of weeks ago showed a brood box almost devoid of stores, but I am leaving on one full super for the winter)
Thank you!!!