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What exactly does honey bound mean?

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#1 ·
What is it, and what does it look like, and what should you do about it?

Thanks
 
#2 ·
Too much honey/nectar/pollen and no where/very little room for the queen to lay in the brood area.

Most likely caused by over feeding, maybe a really good flow, or too small of an area.

Stop feeding. Put empty frame or two in the brood area so the queen can lay, or extract a frame or two. Keep an eye on there status, give them bigger hive, or another box move some empties in the brood area.
 
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