I did a search to no avail.
On 2 of my hives, the girls used a single medium super for brood rearing when I was expecting a surplus of honey. With the frames of comb being light brown to dark brown due to a generation or two of brood, can I still use these frames for extracted honey next year ? FYI, I do not use queen excluders, but instead use slatted racks between the Brood Deeps and Medium Supers. Apparently, the Queen needed more egg laying space :-x
absolutely, there is no problem using it for extracting.
Quote from: Robo on October 17, 2007, 02:41:42 PM
absolutely, there is no problem using it for extracting.
Ditto.
When I take comb out of a hive after extracting I put it back in the hive. I don't care what the bees use it for.
Sincerely,
Brendhan
Yeah, the queen will go where she wants, and if there are available cells, she will use them. I don't think a slatted rack will dissuade her much.
If they get too black, they will still work, but they start smelling funny too, so that is a personal decision. I don't think it hurts the honey much if any, a few brood cycles is fine.
On the bright side, a few cocoons in the cells strenghtens the comb as well.
Rick
Thanks for the input :-D