Hi all

I had an off list query about this, the answer to which I will share with
the list.

> What purpose does the newspaper serve?

It acts as a temporary roof to the limit the excess volume, but is not a
severe impediment to the bees if and when expansion is actually needed.

In Kevin's case most of his colonies are this years packages, I probably
should have said split the the other existing full sized colonies in half
and also place stacks of supers on them.

I got the idea from a guy that had a remote apiary that he could only visit
three time per year. His method was successful and I have some notes on this
(deep in the bowels of my filing cabinets). I will write it up for the
website when I find them.


Best Regards & 73s... Dave Cushman, G8MZY
Beekeeping & Bee Breeding Website...
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman