Can you feed bees to much ?

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Joelel

August 17, 2009, 01:02:27 AM
We have a hive that has exploded in bee population but not much honey,or brood,or pollen. We have a nine frame hive,nine frames covered with bees,about 50,000 bees but about one side of a frame of honey,a half a frame caped brood,one frame of new eggs,one frame of pollen.
  Can anyone tell me what's going on ? We have feed them alot because the lost a queen and we had to give them a new one, can you feed them to much and they get to where they don't make honey or pollen ?
  An other hive is doing great about half the size,alot of everything,so there is flow here.
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Grandma_DOG

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August 17, 2009, 01:50:31 AM
If the hive requeen itself after June 21 (summer solstice) then the new queen would brood up if there was a honey flow going on.  Queens that are before the solstice know that the season is over and will not brood up even during a honey flow.
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Joelel

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August 17, 2009, 11:34:43 AM
Quote from: Grandma_DOG on August 17, 2009, 01:50:31 AM
If the hive requeen itself after June 21 (summer solstice) then the new queen would brood up if there was a honey flow going on.  Queens that are before the solstice know that the season is over and will not brood up even during a honey flow.

So are you saying ,if a queen broodes up, then the hive will not store very much honey and pollen ?
Acts2:37: Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38: Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39: For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40: And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation

Joelel

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August 17, 2009, 12:04:37 PM
I see I think,the hive brooded up because the honey flow was on and now it's over they are cutting back on brood,that's why there is not much new eggs and capped brood now ?
Acts2:37: Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38: Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39: For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40: And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation
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