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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: Mike48 on April 21, 2012, 11:31:01 AM

Title: New Guy - Size of super from large to med.
Post by: Mike48 on April 21, 2012, 11:31:01 AM
I am just starting out and my question is that here in Newyork I see hive`s with only large supers ,no med. or shallow?. I have bee`s coming in a week and I have two large supers to start ( should I then go to med. supers and why?)
Title: Re: New Guy - Size of super from large to med.
Post by: jmblakeney on April 21, 2012, 11:34:52 AM
It is a personal preference thing.  Its mainly related to weight.  The deeps weigh a considerable amount more than a medium when filled with honey.  I run all mediums in the hive body and supers.

James
Title: Re: New Guy - Size of super from large to med.
Post by: Mike48 on April 21, 2012, 12:45:07 PM
Thanks James for your help, I was not sure if it was weight or that the bee`s would fill it up faster.