My first Ross Rounds & Queen Excluders

[Sean Kelly]

Hey guys!

The UPS guy came yesterday with my first Ross Rounds kit!  Already got the box painted and the frames assembled.  But I'm worried.  I know that good comb production needs to be in the middle of a nectar flow and that the colony needs to be really strong.  No problem there.  But what I'm worried about is the queen laying in the rounds.  For some reason my queen loves to move up into the supers every once in a while.  No problem since she usually moves back out and that's what filters are for.  But you don't want that with comb honey.  The booklet I got that came with the kit says to never use a queen excluder and I've heard other people say that they always use one.  What are your guy's thoughts on this?  I've got one colony that's bursting at the seams and have been keeping them pretty much under control for swarming.  And they're trucking in nectar like mad right now.  Would like to toss this kit on it before it's too late.

Sean Kelly

[Michael Bush]

>But what I'm worried about is the queen laying in the rounds.  For some reason my queen loves to move up into the supers every once in a while.

Queens almost never want to lay in such a small space as a Ross Round or any other kind of cassette.

[Sean Kelly]

Cool, will give her a go without the excluder.  Worst case senario will mean having to buy more thin foundation.  :)

Sean Kelly