Good evening Tom: Are they clever enough to put the syrup where they need it or do I have to keep an eye on them and manage as necessary?
I just make sure there are full frames of honey in the center top deep, unless the queen insist on laying in the top center.
Van
This is where the bees deviated from my plans.
At one point I was thrilled that to have two deeps on the bottom with brood and a perfect honey dome in the second story. Next up was a partially filled medium with natural stores and on top of that was a full medium with 1:1 syrup from spring feeding. The bees worked up through the honey dome and put brood in the lower medium and mostly pollen in one of the deeps. I should have fed them in August and September.
Recently, (under the watchful eye of a master beekeeper), I moved the deep with pollen to the third story, just below the medium with syrup, placing the brood in the lower two stories. I am hoping that the queen stays down there. I am afraid that I will have mostly pollen in the deep above the brood boxes.
I do not have resources to reallocate - undrawn comb or frames of honey - to put in the deep of pollen.
I plan on inspecting the hive this weekend to see what the bees have done with the revised configuration.