A week, although they won't have it all capped by then. Actually just a couple of weeks ago I had a comb honey super (shallow) that was being ignored by the hive that it was on. I had another hive (actually a mating nuc started May 15 that had drawn out two deeps and one honey super) so I move the comb honey super over to that hive. It is getting late in the year for comb honey.
I pulled both end frames 6 days later and they were drawn and filled (not capped). All of the other frames looked filled from the top (I didn't pull them to look to keep from damaging them), but the top cells were capped.
This is wild flower honey (mountain flowers but with a lot of blackberry).
I pulled both end frames 6 days later and they were drawn and filled (not capped). All of the other frames looked filled from the top (I didn't pull them to look to keep from damaging them), but the top cells were capped.
This is wild flower honey (mountain flowers but with a lot of blackberry).