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Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:38:30 -0500
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> I left some supers on that I didn't have the time to get off.  Has anyone had
> experience extracting from supers left on over the winter?

Yes. Same situation as you. And my plan was the same, to extract in the
spring.

Unfortunately, the queen and workers did exactly what the book says- they
must have had copies in the hive's library- and moved right up into the
supers and started excellent patterns of brood. So I ended up treating the
honey super like a brood box and eventually shifted it back to honey later
in the season.
My plan was excellent, but the bees refused to cooperate.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME

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