Greetings all,
     I have come to the conclusion that most of the bees are mentally
challenged.  When the nectar flow started this year, I placed  one super of
foundation on each hive. Problem was, many hives were very stubborn about
putting any nectar and honey up into the super.  Many of the hives filled
the upper hive body, and left little room in the top box for brood rearing.
When the top hive body was filled, they started to draw the supers, but
didn't fill many frames.  I pulled many of the filled brood frames and
extracted those.  Now I know why the shallow bodies came along!  I split 4
hives into 9 this spring. I didn't use a queen excluder either. I also gave
all hives new queens.  Did I split them too much, and they failed to build
up a strong field force?  How can I prevent this next year, or force them to
store honey in the supers? Any and all insight would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Scott Moser
St. Louis, MO.