![]() > BTW: Do I leave the queen excluder in place during the winter, or let > I know I probably won't get much (any?) honey from them this year.oh "Taylor Francis" wrote in I just recently added a second brood chamber to my 2 hives (each is 5 "Honey is sweet but the bee respond via email, get the "L" out of there Sacramento, in California's great Central Valley You can also accomplish either without boring holes in your If you are talking aboutĪn entrance for the workers to use to by-pass the QX, then it obviously goesĪbove the QX. The uppermost box you leave them, whatever it is. To the stores and the queen can't follow, she is a goner.Īs for the hole, if you are talking about winter ventilation it should go on Should NOT leave a QX in place in the winter. I have no idea if you need to leave a honey super on or not. You are asking questions about wintering without giving any indication of If you are dealing with drawn frames, you can I would omit the QX if using foundation unless you are If your 2nd brood box was foundation, you should wait until about 7 or 8įrames have been drawn, then add the honey super if necessary, one at a time ![]() How does it do that? Is the syrup fed directly to the queen, and does theĬonsistency of the syrup affect the rate at which she lays, or is there someĪrticle 30037 of : > spring - is it easier for the bees to collect? What is the advantage of a thinner syrup in X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V.1200 Subject: Why thinner in the spring? (Was why thicker in the fall) Sounds good, but this spring (Feb 1) I started feeding Simulates nectar and makes the bees "think" spring As Huestes answered - for brood stimulation. ![]()
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