> I recommend placing these frames in a super *below* the brood nest of good 
> colonies, especially at times when little honey is coming in. They do not 
> want honey below the nest. Normally honey is stored above the nest, away 
> from the entrance. In most cases they will either move it up, eat it, or 
> throw it out.

Good recommendation.

For us below works best in fall, and the honey that is not thrown out mostly 
winds up in the brood chambers.  That is fine if you want to have lots of 
stores for winter, and do not hope to extract the honey and feed sugar 
instead, say if that is your philosophy, or if the price of honey is very 
low which it is not presently.

The reason we place the combs above as described and in early honey season 
was that we want to have the honey liquefied and stored in supers, not taken 
down.  We also did not want the granulation thrown out the door, which it 
can be if placed below.  Also, if you use excluders, and place a super of 
granulation below the BC, you may wind up with brood in that box --  
especially if you do not have supers on or they are full -- which may be 
undesirable.

So as with most beekeeping the decision requires balancing priorities, with 
consideration for economic factors.

(I wonder if we shouldn't try to use subject lines that actually describe 
the topic.  They are easy to change when the topic changes, or if the 
original subject line says nothing about the matter under discussion?  I've 
changed this one twice.)

allen
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