[little lion]

I'm treating a hive for mites, so I removed the honey supers. My question is, by removing the honey supers I removed the extra space in the hive. Will that cause them to feel congested and maybe cause them to swarm?
It's a 42 day treatment.

 

[Akademee]

It very well could, by the time, are you using Apivar? This would be a great time for you to split you colony.

 

[little lion]

Yes apivar

 

[jonsl]

You could put an empty super on then if you are concerned. If they create any honey you would just need to feed it to them not extract.

 

[Plannerwgp]

Wouldnt that be contaminating a valuable super with comb that he could not use again?

You could put an empty super on then if you are concerned. If they create any honey you would just need to feed it to them not extract.

 

[jonsl]

Wouldnt that be contaminating a valuable super with comb that he could not use again?

If that is a concern, he could also put another deep on for the same reason. Depends on how badly he wants to prevent a swarm. He could also split the hive. Whatever decision is probably going to be driven by available hive parts. I also don't always think about the contamination part since I only use natural treatments.