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At 07:58 7/31/96 +0600, you wrote:
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>Sender: Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
>Poster: Bill Painter <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Honey/Brood in supers -Reply
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>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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Bill,
I was going to write and warn about locating the queen before doing anything
else, but I see it's too late.
Normally a queen will not cross "the honey barrier", such as a super of
honey. However, I have seen exceptions to the rule. I kept having trouble
with a queen who wanted to lay in the top super and not in the brood
chamber. I did, basically, what you did. I did the "super shuffle", but it
didn't work. I had to force all the bees down, using BEE-GO and then put a
queen excluder on to keep her in the bottom.
Hope this answers your question.
Cheers,
Mike Wallace
Sar Shalom Apiary
McKinney, Texas USA
"Out of the heart, the mouth speaks."
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