Hi, has anyone tried putting some bees into the super, leaving the QX on. Would the bees in the super then find there way down and by doing so would it encourage the bees up. Or would the bees in the super just come down. Just wondering.
if you shake bees in the super, they just migrate down to what ever role they have...so days olds..cleaning...nursebees, forgages, mortary bees and grumpy guards
some bees dont like the slotted QX, and you get diffenrent views
as to slots with the frames or at 90 degrees, i only use wire ones, expect one for keepimng a swarm in a hive because the slimmed queen in a swarm can get through a wire QE
old foundation doesnt work well, but once you have last years super frame comb you can add the odd foundation frame without a problem...bees seem to like compact nest sometimes
it can be lack of young wax producing bees, in a nuc, if you feed too much syrup then at around two-three weeks after laying, you get honey block...not enough young bees to produce the wax to biuld comb...but all the talk is you must feed them a gallon....do that and you can get QC