Allen:
I tried your idea of removing supers early morning when it's cool. It works great! Only a few stragglers per super that I had to brush into the hive. These were the supers I added after I put my Apivar on and it was a waste of time. The girls cleaned them up but didn't even put one drop of nectar in them. We grow too soon old and too late smart.
Cool mornings are great for removing supers.
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Cool mornings are great for removing supers.
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Re: Cool mornings are great for removing supers.
At this time of year the bees are more likely to take honey down than up.
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Re: Cool mornings are great for removing supers.
I had one super where the bees didn't clear out through my escape board so I went out this a.m. and pulled it apart brushing bees as I went. There was 1 frame of nectar and a frame with a small patch of brood. The brood must have been the reason they didn't clear the super. I took those 2 frames and gave them to a Nuc. Eight supers and only 1 frame with nectar, definitely a waste of time.
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