filling a medium super

[eddiedlzn]

I gave my bees a medium super of drawn out comb almost 2 weeks ago. It was completly full of capped honey today. The hive is full of bees and they are so busy its like a steady stream of bees going in and out. How much honey will I get out of an eight frame medium super. Would it hurt anything if I was to put 2 more on instead of one. I try not to disturb them as much as possible. How fast does a strong colony usually fill a medium super?

[Brian D. Bray]

If you're using drawn comb, during a heavy honey flow, a strong hive can fill a medium super in a few days.  They can drawn a fill a medium super without foundation in a week during a heavy flow.

[peggjam]

I doesn't hurt to put on more than one super at a time, sometimes it helps if the hive is really full of bees.  It gives them someplace to hang out :).  No, it won't take them very long on a good flow to fill a single medium super :).

[Scadsobees]

It also will give them more room to spread out the nectar to be dried.  Good idea if you have them.  I just checked a drawn super I put on Saturday and the comb was full but not capped.  Probably needs time to cure it.

Rick

[Michael Bush]

The difference between a strong flow, a medium flow a light flow and no flow is dramatic.  They will fill a super in a day in a strong hive on a strong flow.  They will have less honey at the end of a day in no flow.