[bartrak]

I have a hive that has had two swarms to come out of it. There are plenty of bees left and they are packing in the honey. I looked at them last week and 90% of the frames in both top and bottom hive bodies are full of honey and I am concerned when the new queen starts laying will not have any place to lay her eggs. Should I remove some of the full honey frames and replace them with foundation or not ? I have two shallow supers on top and one of them is full of honey and they are working on the second.

 

[D Coates]

You might want to scratch some of the capped deep frames open. The bees may move the honey up to the supers at that point. Personally I would be more concerned that the population is going to stay high enough to defend 2 deeps and 2 supers. If you've got a queen in process and and a good remaining population things will be fine as long as you give her some room to lay.

 

[alpha6]

Yes, place some empties in the middle of the brood box. They will pull it out as a place for the queen to lay.

 

[bartrak]

Thanks all !!!