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I put the empty supers under the full supers. By keeping empty space above the brood nest you suppress the urge to swarm.
Dave
Dave
I put the empty supers under the full supers. By keeping empty space above the brood nest you suppress the urge to swarm.
Dave
So do I, they really are not the evil devices that some people portray them as.I am using an excluder..
Oh yes they are!So do I, they really are not the evil devices that some people portray them as.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but, personally I disagree with everything you said.Oh yes they are!
Oh no they aren't!
Oh yes they are!
Oh no they aren't!
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Personally I would never use an excluder when trying to draw new comb regardless of the flow and I only use excluders when I absolutely have to. I don't avoid them due to any honey storage theories. I just find it easier to deal with less equipment. When I have a hive with only one box of undrawn on it I let them draw it out and I check it and rotate the frames from middle to outside. Once there is honey in the cells the queen seems very reluctant to lay on the frame and if she does I put those frames to the outside and the brood will hatch out of them. The queen gets put down and the flow takes care of the rest. Wet frames are a natural queen excluder.
BTW-if you have an excluder on still (I don't know if you remove it after the supers get filled or not) then by all means remove it so the bees will get up to the undrawn frames. Maybe spraying the frames will get the bees to go through and draw foundation but I've never had luck getting them to draw out comb above an excluder. It certainly will make them draw a ton of burr and brace comb-grrrrrrrrrrr
Oh believe me, it isn't opinion, it's all fact. It has to be because I read it on the internet.Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but, personally I disagree with everything you said.![]()