keithgrimes
Field Bee
- Joined
- May 29, 2010
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- Location
- Northumberland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
Please bear with lengthy explanation. I have one colony that overwintered on National brood and a half. Took advantage of glorious weather for forst inspection of the season. The super is crammed with capped stores, every frame full, probably a combination of last years Balsam and syrup (plus thymol of course). The brood box has seven full frames of brood, capped and uncapped, and a couple more of stores. Given the strength of the colony, to avoid swarming and maybe getting a split later, I would like to go to double brood. The options I see are
1. New brood box directly over existing brood box, queen excluder then super full of stores (possibly bruised).
2. Take super away for future use, new brood box on top of existing, then feed.
3. Something else I haven't thought of
What would you do please?
1. New brood box directly over existing brood box, queen excluder then super full of stores (possibly bruised).
2. Take super away for future use, new brood box on top of existing, then feed.
3. Something else I haven't thought of
What would you do please?