I winter in 2 deeps  now I am finding the BC's so full of honey that I am
extracting four combs of it and feeding it to my startup colonies to draw
foudation with and returning the empty combs to the BC's.
Is this a common practice to relieve BC congestion?
Perhaps too much work for the big guys but I get about 3 gallons of syrup
from 4 fat combs and it keeps my sugar bill lower and my queens busy.