LOTS OF BROOD IN HONEY SUPER

[tckind]

I LEFT A FEW FRAMES OF HONEY IN A SUPER WITH A HIVE TOP FEEDER ON THIS WINTER, DUE TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO THE HIVE THIS SPRING. I HAD TO PRY THE FEEDER OFF AND THE CENTER OF THE SUPER IS FILLED WITH BROOD AND BURR COMB.WHAT SHOULD I DO?
SHOULD I REMOVE THE HONEY SUPER AND REVERSE THE HIVE BODIES OR REMOVE THE SUPER WITH THE BROOD AND ADD AN EMPTY HONEY SUPER, THERE ARE TONS OF BEES AND THE BROOD APPPEARED TO BE DRONES
THANKS, TIM

[Michael Bush]

I'd put the super on the bottom, if the comb in the feeder is full of brood and there's alot, tie it into frames and put it in a box. Scrap the honey (crush and strain).

[tckind]

I REMOVED AS MUCH OF THE FRAMES THAT JUST HAD HONEY. I WILL REVERSE THE SUPER TOMORROW, HOW LONG SHOULD I LEAVE IT THERE, AND SHOULD I PUT AN EMPTY SUPER ON TOP, THIS HIVE SEEMS PACKED AND I NOTICED SEVERAL QUEEN CELLS IN THE BURR COMB BETWEEN THE FRAMES ANY INFO IS APPRECIATED. THANKS TIM

[Michael Bush]

>I WILL REVERSE THE SUPER TOMORROW, HOW LONG SHOULD I LEAVE IT THERE

What do you want for an end result? If you put the brood on the other side of an excluder from the queen it will emerge and you can remove it. If you want brood in that size box (many of us do) you can just put it on the deep and eventually change over to mediums so you don't have to ift the deesp.

> AND SHOULD I PUT AN EMPTY SUPER ON TOP

How much room do they have?

> THIS HIVE SEEMS PACKED AND I NOTICED SEVERAL QUEEN CELLS IN THE BURR COMB BETWEEN THE FRAMES

Are you sure they aren't drones? If they are quees, they may be about to swarm.

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