When to stop doing Demaree’s in the season

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Jon.21

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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 ?
 
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 ?
 

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