[ocba] Leave as is or Restack

G. Blake Alexander, O.D. baiiii at bellsouth.net
Wed Nov 2 15:54:52 EST 2005


Wayne:  If you don't plan to winter-feed, you should leave the bottom 
two supers on the hive.  If the upper of the two supeers has a 
significeint amount of CAPPED honey, lkightly scrape the capping off to 
allow the bees access.  Happy winter!
Best,
Blake (Blake Alerxander)  Chapel Hill

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> 4 supers compose my current hive configuration, they are filled as 
> follows from the top down.
>  
> 4th - Medium - capped Honey - full
> 3rd -Medium - capped Honey, brood,pollen,uncapped brood,pollen,nectar
> 2nd-Medium - capped Honey, brood,pollen, uncapped brood,nectar,pollen
> 1st -Deep -Capped Honey,pollen,uncapped nectar,pollen- NO BROOD
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> Should this stack be rearranged, or left as is for the winter ?
>  
> Thanks for your suggestions,
>  
> Wayne
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