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Hi Ben
If the top large hive body is full of honey, that should be enough
for the Winter in Virginia, since that is what we ensure our bees
have up here in the great white north of Canada. Extract and
sell the honey
Regards,
Ian Watson [log in to unmask]
real estate agent, baritone, gardener
Beekeeper---> 11 colonies
->My very industrious bees have filled another super (10 frames x 6 & 5/8)
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>full of capped honey. My questions is whether or not to leave it for =
>them. They have two large hive bodies, which I looked at closely in =
>September. One is basically full of honey, and the other has some at the =
>top of frames above brood etc. My guess is that's plenty in middle =
>Virginia for them to winter well, but I don't want to take the super if =
>they might need it.
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