I have 3 hives that are side by side. The first one is going like gangbusters. The second is doing okay. And the third {a swarm I got in May} is not doing to well, I think it swarmed again. So here is the question. The first hive has 5 supers about full. The second has 3 almost full. The last has 4 on it not even close to being full but the are slowly working on it. I dont have any more supers to add so
..I dont plan on harvesting any honey this year {1st year} and want to leave it for the bees to winter on. Would swapping out the empty supers on the weak hives and replacing them with full supers from the strong hive be acceptable? That was the plan for later on when it got colder so all hives would have plenty of winter stores. I guess I could buy more supers but it would be a week or more before receiving them and dont think the strong hive will wait that long. Any advice or suggestions would be great.