Honey Bound???

[beek4018]

So today I went out & took a look today.

They've got both sides of 8 ( out of 10) frames drawn out in the honey super.  That's good.

I didn't see much honey stored in it yet, but a little pollen.

Down below in the upper brood super I was dismayed to find a lot of honey/nectar stores in the brood area along with capped brood.  There's capped honey up top, a ribbon of pollen and then about half/half capped brood and open stores.

I'm assuming they got honey bound in the middle of a big flow ( since the pulled the comb in the honey super so fast)waiting for the honey super to get drawn out, and may not store much up there until it's all  (or mostly) drawn out, correct?

When they start storing in the honey super I'm assuming they'll sort out the stores in the brood area problem, correct?

There are lots of bees around and no major signs of queen cells.

Thanks.

[riverrat]

they will store honey in the super as they build comb. Assuming you are running a 2 deep hive. You didnt mention anything about it. If it is honey bound it will shut the queen down and may cause swarming if there is a bottom deep I would move a couple empty frames up to the brood nest for the queen to lay in. Its getting to the hot part of the summer and most flows are slowing down. And with that the queen will also slow down and some may stop laying al together for awhile.

[Kathyp]

you can pull honey frames from the brood chamber and replace them with foundation or drawn comb.  put the honey frames you pull into the freezer and feed them back later when they need them.