Just extracted my last frames of the year! Bumper crop in northwest Iowa. 98 lb average on 22 hives. I am very pleased. The honey this year is nice and light with a bit of a spicy aftertaste, very nice!
Everybody I talked to this year said the honey was very light. Mine this year compared to last year is like night and day.
I just finished extracting as well..Just wondering what do you do to convert a 2 brood chamber to a one brood chamber without wasting brood and store? I usually winter my hives on a one brood chamber.
What's wrong with a 2 brood chamber. That's what I have always used. Gives you a good start in the spring.
In my part of the world I must winter in 2 deeps, and even that was not enough last winter!
Quote from: ldaxon on August 18, 2010, 09:38:47 PM
What's wrong with a 2 brood chamber. That's what I have always used. Gives you a good start in the spring.
Nothing wrong with a 2 brood chamber. I wintered last year with a single brood. I just wanted to do the same again but I ran a 2 brood chamber in the summer and was thinking of reducing it to one again for winter. I was thinking less bees, more storage, better survival rate.
Correct way to think? I'm not sure.
More bees making it through winter makes for a much stronger hive in the spring.