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If they overwinter in the super she will start brood in the supers. I have had the queen lay drone brood in lower part of honey supers even when she had two deeps for brood nest.
Will the queen stay out of shallow honey supers?
I have built a long hive that fits 21 full depth frames and to reduce weight of lifting thought I would place shallow (or half depth) supers and frames on for the honey supers. I was wondering, if I left 2 shallow supers side by side of honey for the bees to overwinter on, what are the chances of the queen laying in these?
