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> Date:    Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:19:23 -0600
> From:    Eric Abell <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Storing Newly Assembled Supers
>
> >Queen Exclusion-
> >Since I don't have any drawn comb supers, should I put in ten in the supers
> >instead of nine?  Also, I've been advised that the bees will not come up to
> >work a super with just foundation (which all that I have right now) through
> >a queen excluder.  What's the best way of preventing the queen from coming
> >up and laying in newly drawn comb in my new shallow supers?  Presently, I'm
> >using two deeps and there's brood in both levels.
> >
> >Thanx everyone in advance for your advice,
> >
> >Rory Stenerson,
> >Member, Centre County Beekeepers Association,
> >V.P., State College Underground Maltsters,
> >State College, PA U.S.A.
> >E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> I like excluders but you may do just fine without one.  Shake the bees off
> of 2 frames of brood and place these above the excluder.  That should get
> them going up.  You can move the frames back later or simply wait 3 weeks
> before extracting.
>
> oops, I just noticed you are using shallow supers.  I will leave this
> message anyway in case someone can use it as a starting point and give you a
> better solution.  I guess you are experiencing one of the dissadvantages of
> two sizes of equipment.
 
If you put two shallow supers on top of each other and leave a gap in
the middle of both a deep super fits through into the gap, so if you
are using  deep brood and shallow supers, you can quite easily draw
deep frames or use deep frames to get the bees drawing (doe'snt work
as well)
 
Keep well
 
Garth
 
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