honey in deep supers

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honey in deep supers

Postby kpitstrt » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:08 pm

hello I got 5 frame nucs this spring they have filled one deep super with honey, the brood nest in a deep super below. should i take any of the deep frames of honey and extract them? thanks
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Re: honey in deep supers

Postby BkpScott » Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:51 pm

That is up to you. If you wan honey, take 6 frames and extract them, then rearrange the hive with 2 feames of honey on each side, and the 6 empty frames in the middle. As dry as it has been though, I would be inclined to leave them filled so they have something to eat. In the end, it will be a choice you have to make.
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