Comments on: Requeen your hives! http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/requeen-your-hives/170 A beekeepers journal, thoughts and random rants. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:49:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim Arheit http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/requeen-your-hives/170#comment-18358 Tim Arheit Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:47:32 +0000 http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/?p=170#comment-18358 It probably wouldn't work because the bees naturally store the honey above the brood nest and are reluctant to store below the nest. You could try it but I suspect they'll plug the brood area with honey and either swarm or simply get week because of the small brood area. I've seen an attempt where the honey supers are supported on a stand and the brood boxes are slid underneath like drawers of a file cabinet. Interesting idea, but not practical either because the bees will have everything stuck together with propolis and burr comb in fairly short order. It probably wouldn’t work because the bees naturally store the honey above the brood nest and are reluctant to store below the nest. You could try it but I suspect they’ll plug the brood area with honey and either swarm or simply get week because of the small brood area.

I’ve seen an attempt where the honey supers are supported on a stand and the brood boxes are slid underneath like drawers of a file cabinet. Interesting idea, but not practical either because the bees will have everything stuck together with propolis and burr comb in fairly short order.

]]> By: Bill McLaughlin http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/requeen-your-hives/170#comment-18357 Bill McLaughlin Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:49:54 +0000 http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/?p=170#comment-18357 You mention the effort to remove the honey supers to get to the brood chamber... Now this is just an idea but... How about putting the honey suppers on the bottom, then a queen excluder, then the brood chamber, then the hive cover. That way you only have to lift the brood chamber to add addtional honey suppers. Would this work? You mention the effort to remove the honey supers to get to the brood chamber… Now this is just an idea but…
How about putting the honey suppers on the bottom, then a queen excluder, then the brood chamber, then the hive cover. That way you only have to lift the brood chamber to add addtional honey suppers. Would this work?

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