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Get a refractometer and test your uncapped honey,you may be surprised.If you use 18% as a cut off point,a little bit at 20% mixed with a lot at 17% would give an average below 18%.Depends on your late summer flow.
Another thought would be consolidate unripe honey on a few hives and use a formic treatment .
If you had a freezer,you could store the unripe honey and replace in the hives after treatment.
I over super in the spring and try to under super in the fall so that I don't have to deal with partial supers at the end of my fall flow.Any extra nectar goes down into the brood nest.
I also run all one size frame so I can switch out partial frames with an empty frame which may or may not get melted down and filled with foundation for the supers in the spring.
Another thought would be consolidate unripe honey on a few hives and use a formic treatment .
If you had a freezer,you could store the unripe honey and replace in the hives after treatment.
I over super in the spring and try to under super in the fall so that I don't have to deal with partial supers at the end of my fall flow.Any extra nectar goes down into the brood nest.
I also run all one size frame so I can switch out partial frames with an empty frame which may or may not get melted down and filled with foundation for the supers in the spring.
