[doug reed]

One of our hives' population has dropped off due to being queenless. I added a frame of brood and eggs from another hive to build a queen with, but there are three supers of mostly uncapped honey on top of the two bottom brood boxes. Would it be a good idea to move the supers to another more populus hive for finishing and capping?

 

[drlonzo]

Double edged sword there actually you have. It is a well known fact that queenless hives will pack away the honey stores like crazy since there is no young to attend to and feed. However once the population decreases that activity is the only thing that keeps them busy. The bees that cap the honey are the same that pull wax on new frames (young bees) the older they get the less likely to pull wax. So in your case if the hive has dropped population greatly, I would indeed put these supers on another strong hive at this point to finish them off. It will take at least a brood cycle to get those capped by new workers otherwise.

 

[Wolfer]

Yep, what drlonzo said.