[ocba] Leave as is or Restack
David Langham
david_langham at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 2 19:04:15 EST 2005
Be very careful not to get your bees wet. Wetness kills bees. I know. I
did it!
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>Subject: Re: [ocba] Leave as is or Restack
>Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:54:52 -0500
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>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
> >
> > Should this stack be rearranged, or left as is for the winter ?
> >
> > Thanks for your suggestions,
> >
> > Wayne
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