I currently am running a deep lower brood box and a medium upper brood box. I want to replace the medium with a deep to give me double deeps. If I start heavy feeding when it warms up and before the flow, will they store honey or draw comb in the new deep first?
Bees don't build comb just because they can, they build comb so they can utilize it, either for brood or nectar. So they will build comb before they can store nectar in it, but that doesn't mean they will build out a whole box at a time.
Also, if you are feeding, whatever they store is not honey, it is essentially condensed sugar water.
Feeding light syrup will stimulate bees to draw comb. Reversing boxes will help with swarming...
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