Hello Marc & All,

> Some of the supers I removed have the four center combs filled and capped
and the two on each side do not have a drop of honey in them, in all the
supers from queen excluded to the inner cover.  Some have 8 supers o n them.
This occurs in several colonies.

This is called the chimney effect. When to many supers are added before they
are needed the bees will simply fill up the middle like you describe and at
times fill only one side of foundation like you describe. The Mid West Honey
Producers are reporting a 68% of normal crop in the Midwest. Eight supers
are a bunch of supers for this year. Especially with some being foundation.

Bob