Honey Super Problems?

[beeglad]

Hey guys, I may be looking into this too much but, I feel like my bees are lacking or afraid to draw out comb in the honey super. My hive is 1 year old and my hive, I believe, is at full strength. no bees go up into the honey super and my frames are still new looking. Are there any tricks to get them to move up? Thanks for any help you might have.

[Jon B]

If you are using a queen excluder, this will sometimes discourage the bees from coming up and working a box of foundation. You might also be experiencing a nectar dearth. Once the next flow starts they will start moving up.

When I want to draw out new foundation I will arrange my super with some drawn out frames mixed with foundation frames. Depending on your equipment you could swap some of the frames from the lower box with the frames from the super. This will only work if you are using all mediums or deeps.

[beeglad]

Thank you! I tried looking for some honey super frames that had been drawn out, for sale. nobody wants to sell them haha! I wonder why. Basically those things are worth their weight in gold. So.....Ill wait i guess.

[Russ]

They will only draw comb if they need it, I guess that makes sense doesn't it? Nothing to put in it so why draw new comb if they don't need it.

[luke0927]

so are you using the queen excluder if so, If there is a flow on move a couple brood combs on to bait them up they will start working it.

[NorCal Apiaries]

Add a frame of drawn comb from the bottom super to the top super and they will start to work the other frames.