When to stop doing Demaree’s in the season

[Jon.21]

It’s my first year doing demarees for swarm control this year as I didn’t want to increase my colony numbers and it’s been succcessful so far as none have swarmed.
I’ve been doing a demaree on 14x12 on 5 hives every 3 weeks since spring and I’m wondering when do I stop ? Just finishing another 3 week stint this week so wondering whether to swap top and bottom brood boxes again or not.
Spent a while searching for the answer and can’t seem to find it. What’s best practice ?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

By now the top boxes with me are filled/filling with honey, they will be extracted at the end of the season, the good frames kept for next year and the manky ones disposed of

 

[Erichalfbee]

Same here

 

[Jon.21]

thanks. My brood boxes are filling up too with more and more being capped although I’ve noticed that each time I do a demaree they clear out the bottom box of nectar as long as it’s not capped to give room to the queen to lay.
Have you stopped doing demarees now / intending to stop ?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

stopped a while ago - taken the boards/upper entrances out of them as well - apart from the ones with queens top and bottom!!

 

[Erichalfbee]

End of June I stopped rotating frames

 

[Cuckmere couple]

i have re-united all my demarees except (as with JBM) those where i have let a q emerge in the ubb to make nucs with