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Title: If you were going overseas for four weeks coming in to summer would you?
Post by: OzBuzz on October 23, 2010, 06:39:11 PM

Hi everybody, were in spring at the moment with temps warming up. I have a hive that I do not want to swarm (I don't want any to swarm but the one particularly). The hive is 8 frame boxes two boxes high. All frames are drawn, there is lots of brood, few stores with room to fill. Would you add a third deep just to be on the safe side?

Title: Re: If you were going overseas for four weeks coming in to summer would you?
Post by: iddee on October 23, 2010, 06:53:14 PM

Yes, between the two.

Title: Re: If you were going overseas for four weeks coming in to summer would you?
Post by: AllenF on October 23, 2010, 09:30:14 PM

Think about just how fast they can fill a super when a honey flow is booming big time. 4 weeks is a long time to fill a hive in the spring.

Title: Re: If you were going overseas for four weeks coming in to summer would you?
Post by: bugleman on October 24, 2010, 05:42:32 AM

I personally would add the box on top then pull 2 frames of capped brood into the middle of it and drop the empty frames down to the outside positions.

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