Great weather (bee-wise) in the Northeast :-D has given me June hives in March. To help them meet demands I've been feeding syrup and they've been taking like mad.
Queens are laying very well, but I'm afraid that the frames jam-packed with honey and pollen, leaving little room for babies, are going to trigger swarms in the near-future. No swarm cells built yet. I'm just trying to keep ahead.
:? Thoughts on best options?
>Stop feeding and them make room by drawing down their current reserves?
>Keep Feeding, but add a deep and go to a three deep system for now?
>Keep Feeding, but add a super for room?
>Make no change except stop worrying about them bees.
>Some other option?
Thoughts, opinions, insight is greatly appreciated as always. :)
Quit feeding if the brood nest is getting backfilled.Syrup is not the kind of honey you want in the supers.
Brood will consume the excess soon.
Great. Thanks.
That was my inclination but I was afraid that I might be missing some possible consequences of cutting off their established supply.
I'll have a good eye on them and can adjust as needed.
Cheers! :-D
They will build up on their own. Turn off the juice.