> I have had good luck with using supers of foundation as honey supers.
> When the bees come home from almond pollination (or during pollination) we
> make a three- or four-frame split from the second brood box on strong
> hives.
What do you replace the frames removed for the split with? Comb or
foundation?
> This helps to prevent a honey-barrier in the second box, that Allen
> mentioned as being a problem. One or two deep supers with plastic
> foundation go on at the beginning of April.
Onto the original hives? What about the splits?
> Our first nectar flow peaks at the beginning of May, and when it happens
> the supers will all be drawn out and honey is capped over a period of
> several days.
I have had that experience, too. Supers drawn out and capped in a week on
silver willow in June.
> This seems to only work well with early and very intense nectar flows in
> my area. For the later flows the bees will not draw foundation unless it
> is placed in the brood chamber.
Good points. Thanks.
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