Hello Bee-list One of my colonies has changed in the last three weeks. This is what I have observed, 2 deep bodies for brood chambers then a queen excluder then four short supers for extraction a very high bee population. Three weeks ago the bees stopped working the top super,this with a abundant flow on (other hives doing great). When I checked again at 1 week later still no nectar or honey in the top super, so I went down in the hive and found no eggs or brood but still a high bee population. Yesterday (week 3) I again opened this hive and still found no eggs larve or queen (impossible with high bee numbers, and the bees have filled the lower brood bodies (both of them) with honey. Now I know why they wernt working the top super which they just started on. I put on a shallow super in between the two hive bodies to prepare to move a couple frames of eggs and larve from another hive to see if they need to raise a queen. But and this is the question, will the bees move the honey up to give the queen room to lay or will they be honey bound? should I extract the second brood body and give it back to them, reversing to put the empty on the bottom? What is the status of the honey coming from brood frames that have been treated with apistan over the last 3 years spring and fall? This list information keeps me pumped, so glad I can garner much wisdom and opinions for the reading. thanks in advance Al Boehm Columbus NC USA