Question:
I run double deep brood chambers (9 3/4)-queen excluders-honey supers (6 3/4) most have 2 honey supers on them now.
Many of my hives are getting honey bound and I have to add undrawn honey supers. Should I just throw them on top of my almost full honey supers as is or should I remove the queen excluders and bottom super the honey supers?
I know that bees are loathe to go through an excluder to undrawn foundation. There are upper entrances in the inner covers so some bees can bypass the excluder if they chose to.
If I bottom super with no excluder I am running the risk of queens moving up and laying in the new drawn comb. Because I run different size gear it is not so easy to move frames up and down.
Perry
I run double deep brood chambers (9 3/4)-queen excluders-honey supers (6 3/4) most have 2 honey supers on them now.
Many of my hives are getting honey bound and I have to add undrawn honey supers. Should I just throw them on top of my almost full honey supers as is or should I remove the queen excluders and bottom super the honey supers?
I know that bees are loathe to go through an excluder to undrawn foundation. There are upper entrances in the inner covers so some bees can bypass the excluder if they chose to.
If I bottom super with no excluder I am running the risk of queens moving up and laying in the new drawn comb. Because I run different size gear it is not so easy to move frames up and down.
Perry