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First year beek/first hive this year. I started with a 3 pound package. I want to ensure that my bees have plenty of stores for the winter. I went over today and checked things out. I have 2 8 frame deeps and a medium super on right now. The two deeps are full and some frames are loaded with only honey and some of the frames still have lots of brood with honey on the outside corners. I checked the super and found that it is about half way full of honey and there is drawn comb on most of the frames. I was at our State Fair last week and spoke with a local bee keeper. He said a flow is on or about to kick in. Plus we have had some good rain this week. I am assuming that if they fill this super I could add another. My thoughts were to add another super on top of the one I have right now. If I leave them both deeps and the medium super to over winter should that be ample? If I wanted to try to add another super is it best to add it to the top or should I pull some of the frames from the super they are filling now and replace them with new frames. First and foremost I want them to get through the winter. If they can produce an excess I would like to harvest some. Once I get ready for winter should I just leave the two deeps and the medium? I haven't even started researching how to have my hive set up for the winter. I know some people say not to take any honey from a first year hive and some say it is OK. If they fill that super in the next week and I don't add another super is that a problem or do I want to definitely keep adding mediums as long as they are filling what they already have?
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