I have a booming second year hive that had 2 deep hive boxes and 1 fully capped super. About 2 weeks ago, I added another medium super on top. They have pulled comb on all frames of the new super, so today I went out to add another super and found that the queen had laid 4-5 frames in the top super. I checked the super below it that was full of capped honey, and they have moved or eaten the honey out of the center 3-4 frames and there is brood in those too. I did not go into the deeps because I didn't want to risk rolling the queen this late in the year. This is a top entrance hive with a small lower entrance btw.
So why did the queen move above the honey barrier? I don't have a queen excluder and from what I've read, I'm not sure I want to use one anyway. What is the proper course of action now? will they refill the supers once the brood hatches? This will be my first year taking honey. Is there any issues with extracting honey from cells that have had brood in them? I added another super of foundation today so they have more space. I am in Southwest Ohio and I assume the flow is over now even though the clover is still blooming (amazing for being the first week of august). Anything I should worry about?
So why did the queen move above the honey barrier? I don't have a queen excluder and from what I've read, I'm not sure I want to use one anyway. What is the proper course of action now? will they refill the supers once the brood hatches? This will be my first year taking honey. Is there any issues with extracting honey from cells that have had brood in them? I added another super of foundation today so they have more space. I am in Southwest Ohio and I assume the flow is over now even though the clover is still blooming (amazing for being the first week of august). Anything I should worry about?