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paulybee
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Multiple honey supers
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May 04, 2007, 09:57:30 pm »
We are going to put two hives at a friends' farm quite a few miles from our home. Would it hurt to put more than one honey super on each hive at a time in case we don't get to the farm every week to check on the bees?
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May 04, 2007, 11:23:22 pm »
Make sure they are 80% complete on frames from the box they are in.
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Re: Multiple honey supers
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May 04, 2007, 11:47:54 pm »
Putting on more that one super at a time is sometimes necessary. When you are working with drawn comb and/or you're in the middle of a heavy flow. Otherwise 1 at a time is plenty. If you're using foundation it will slow the bees down about a week while they draw the comb. If you're checking your bees every 10-14 days you should have not problems and should stick to 1 super at a time. Putting too many on to early in the season will actually set the bees back and encourage burr comb.
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paulybee
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May 05, 2007, 07:39:49 am »
Great advice...thank you both! We are going to pollinate pumpkins...this should be interesting!
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May 05, 2007, 10:27:22 am »
It's better to have too many supers than to run out of room, but just right is better if you can.
If I know I won't make it back, I'll put on extra.
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May 08, 2007, 07:35:03 am »
what if you would put one honey super and then add a few layers of newspaper and then another one, would they chew it up imidiatly or would they chew it when they'd be out of room and wanted to expand?
i mean,.,..how usefull could this be?
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May 08, 2007, 07:48:01 am »
>i mean,.,..how usefull could this be?
I'd never though of it. For empty frames this might be a very useful thing. With drawn comb I like to have bees to guard it from the wax moths and ants (and if I had any the SHB).
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