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> Bill,
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> Brood in the supers means the queen was there... To stop this, either
use a queen excluder
> below the supers (...making sure the queen is below...) and/or make sure
your bottom super
> or top hive body is full of honey. (The queen won't cross honey to lay
above it.)
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> Putting an excluder on now will trap any emerging drones up there, but
they can be given a
> top exit with a small rock under the top cover. It's a bit like closing
the barn door after the
> horse is gone, as prevention sure is better than the cure on this one.
Note: if you move the
> super with brood very far above honey supers, the nurse bees up there will
think they are
> queenless and might start supersedure cells. Watch for them.
>
> Have fun!
Last night I moved the top super that was full of honey on the bottom, just
above the second full sized box. I then took the bottom supper and put it
on top (most of it was eggs). Then I got to thinking what if the queen is
now up in this what is now the top super. Will she cross honey to go back
down into the hive?
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