a couple of James McDaniel questions followed by > my reply
but does the house bees move the honey stores come spring time higher to give the queen room to lay.

Will this be moved as I've been told, or do they use it where it is at and as they consume the honey, the queen will then start laying in the newly empty cells?

> Only based on what I have seen.  During cold spells the bees work upward and sideways (but only with difficulty). Basically they consume the honey where is and any brood patch works slowly upward.  When the weather warms just a bit (so the bees can break cluster) the workers tend to gather and move any honey from the outside (top and sides) of the hives and move this towards the upper edges of the brood/cluster. If you have enough breaks in the weather everything below is empty but if not then you can sometimes fine honey stores on the outside frames < most especially if the frames are perfect and have no natural or man made 'communication holes'.

Gene in Central Texas...   

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