At 08:10 PM 7/21/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Yes I am new to beekeeping. I asked about shuffling frames and my lost
>Queen problem and got great advice that made since. I put brood in lost
>Queen hive and will check it in a week for cells. Thanks!!
>Two things..
>1.) The upper side of my forearm swelled down my arm about 10 inches
>from one sting and
>my arm was hot. Is this normal ?
>
>2.) I have two suppers on top of  a strong double brood.I had one supper
>that they
>were filling nicely so I took it off and put on an empty supper and then
>put the filled but not
>capped one back, but on top.This was 3 to 4 weeks ago The top one is now
>filled and
>capped. The lower one is about half way there. Should I harvest the top
>one now and
>replace it, or wait until the end of the season. This will be my first
>year  getting honey.
>Thanks, Lawrence Cooke ( Colorado )
>
>
Your doing to much work. The Bees will fill the bottom super also, leave the
top one on to give the bee's the sense that their reserve is increasing.  If
you take the super off to extract you have to keep it stored where moister
will not enter. Honey will take on moister It is hygroscopic? . Meaning it
will adsorb moister.  Wait