What to do with bees below clearer board?

[Erichalfbee]

This is how I've always done it. I also put an empty super under the brood box before clearing at this time of year as those bees from the supers need somewhere to go.

I asked because all my clearer boards are about 10cm deep and I could imagine all the cleared bees between the clearer board and the crown board. Do they actually all go back into the super/brood under the crown through the hole?

 

[Hawklord]

It shouldn't be beyond your ability to shake them into the hive but they're your bees you do what you want with them. My way works for me.

How can you shake bees into an already full brood box?

 

[RogerJ]

As an aside to the debate (and thanks again for the replies) the "on Your Farm" program on Radio 4 this morning was from a commercial bee keeper. He was talking about removing the supers for extraction and no mention was made of how he empted them of bees - to begin with. He then fired up a leaf blower and proceeded to blow them all out!

I've always thought that a leaf blower was one of the more pointless garden tools - but perhaps at last a real reason to own one!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Absolutely rotten on the bees though

 

[YorkshireBees]

As an aside to the debate (and thanks again for the replies) the "on Your Farm" program on Radio 4 this morning was from a commercial bee keeper. He was talking about removing the supers for extraction and no mention was made of how he empted them of bees - to begin with. He then fired up a leaf blower and proceeded to blow them all out!

I've always thought that a leaf blower was one of the more pointless garden tools - but perhaps at last a real reason to own one!

I clear with a Rhombus board and use a leaf blower for any remaining. I personally wouldn't want to clear all the bees out of a super with it but it does save time when I want to get the last dozen or so out of supers!

 

[Hawklord]

I clear with a Rhombus board and use a leaf blower for any remaining. I personally wouldn't want to clear all the bees out of a super with it but it does save time when I want to get the last dozen or so out of supers!

Do you blow it into the supers or remove each frame?

 

[Swarm]

Tip the super on its side and a swift blast through the frames.