I left a couple of partially filled supers on a hive over this last winter. Now all of the frames in those supers are filled with honey -- about half of it capped and the rest soon to be. Some of the frames were clearly used to raise some brood -- I suppose the cluster moved higher up in the hive, during the winter, the way they tend to do. Is there any reason not to harvest the honey from these previously-used-for-brood frames, along with the honey I harvest from my other hives/supers after the spring flow? I have not treated the hive with any chemicals, so there is no issue from that front.
Assuming I do harvest the honey from those frames, should I then return the frames to the hive and keep using them for supers in the same fashion I would normally do with honey-only frames? (and if not, then what to do with them?)
Assuming I do harvest the honey from those frames, should I then return the frames to the hive and keep using them for supers in the same fashion I would normally do with honey-only frames? (and if not, then what to do with them?)