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Mid-August in Central New York with my first hive and now I'm nervous.
I have two deep 10 frame boxes and they are nearly full. The top frames are running down into the bottom frames with what appears to be a lot of honey. 2 weeks ago, I put the queen restrictor on and added a 10-frame honey super (the shorter ones). There has been a lot of activity in the honey super but no wax construction to speak of at all.
My question is should I remove honey from the deep boxes or would that be shorting the bees for winter. If I don't do anything there is going to be a big mess inside the hive.
I do not want to rob the hive of winter food.
Any direction will be very welcome!
Thanks
Fred
I have two deep 10 frame boxes and they are nearly full. The top frames are running down into the bottom frames with what appears to be a lot of honey. 2 weeks ago, I put the queen restrictor on and added a 10-frame honey super (the shorter ones). There has been a lot of activity in the honey super but no wax construction to speak of at all.
My question is should I remove honey from the deep boxes or would that be shorting the bees for winter. If I don't do anything there is going to be a big mess inside the hive.
I do not want to rob the hive of winter food.
Any direction will be very welcome!
Thanks
Fred