I added a super today? am I going backwards?

[harvey]

A friend of mine told me that with the goldenrod in bloom and that there is so much of it to make sure I gave the bees enough room.  I went down and checked even after I said I would leave them alone.  The first super is about half drawn out and mostly full of honey!  Most of it is capped already too!  I put another undrawn super on top.  Did I do right?   Last time I checked the two deep brood boxes were all drawn and very heavy.  There was also still a lot of capped brood.  I don't want to pressure the bees this close to winter but they sure are bringing in a lot of pollen right now off of the golden rod.

[Kathyp]

there is no harm in what you did.  it does not put pressure on the bees.  they will do what they do.  as long as they are putting enough below for winter, you are probably better off giving them a chance to store more above.  if they do not, or all they do is draw out the comb, you have lost nothing. 

[riverrat]

the only thing I would have done different would have been to put the undrawn foundation between the brood chamber and the super that was mostly capped. But this one would fall under the rule of thumb of ask 10 beekeeps and get 11 different answers :-D

[Joelel]

a friend of mine told me that with the goldenrod in bloom and that there is so much of it to make sure I gave the bees enough room.  I went down and checked even after I said I would leave them alone.  The first super is about half drawn out and mostly full of honey!  Most of it is capped already too!  I put another undrawn super on top.  Did I do right?   Last time I checked the two deep brood boxes were all drawn and very heavy.  There was also still a lot of capped brood.  I don't want to pressure the bees this close to winter but they sure are bringing in a lot of pollen right now off of the golden rod.

You did OK.