The best and easiest way is to add 6 5/8 supers this spring until you have 3 or more. Leave them on until winter. ""You can extract honey from all over 3, if desired."" In the winter, the bees will move upward until the bottom box is empty, as they consume their stores. You then remove the empty deep boxes and continue with additional mediums thereafter.
The second best way is to place the mediums on the bottom of the stack as spring arrives. As they draw it out and the honeyflow progresses, they will fill the deeps with honey and move the brood nest down into the mediums. You then remove the full deeps, extract, and the job is done.
You can remove one frame at a time, cut the bottom 1/3 off, nail a strip across the bottom, and place it in the medium box. It is very labor intensive, disturbs the bees greatly, "think stings", and is very messy. It can cause any other hives in the area to begin robbing the hive. It also must be done when the temp. is 70F or above. I would not recommend that procedure.
The second best way is to place the mediums on the bottom of the stack as spring arrives. As they draw it out and the honeyflow progresses, they will fill the deeps with honey and move the brood nest down into the mediums. You then remove the full deeps, extract, and the job is done.
You can remove one frame at a time, cut the bottom 1/3 off, nail a strip across the bottom, and place it in the medium box. It is very labor intensive, disturbs the bees greatly, "think stings", and is very messy. It can cause any other hives in the area to begin robbing the hive. It also must be done when the temp. is 70F or above. I would not recommend that procedure.
