Hi got 15 hives ,yet no honey again,,find a better site
That's good try your way,what is your hive configuration ?
where I live we don’t get a good nectar flow.
if we ran double brood hives we wouldn’t get a crop to harvest.
the bees would generally just fill the top brood box with honey and not bother going into the honey boxes.
so come honey time we split the doubles into singles and put a couple of honey supers on .
The bees will fill them and it’s one for us and one for the bees.
Sometimes I wonder if I should do that with my ¾. But I’m worried that a single ¾ is too small.what is your hive configuration ?
where I live we don’t get a good nectar flow.
if we ran double brood hives we wouldn’t get a crop to harvest.
the bees would generally just fill the top brood box with honey and not bother going into the honey boxes.
so come honey time we split the doubles into singles and put a couple of honey supers on .
The bees will fill them and it’s one for us and one for the bees.
do you have some pics of the hive(s) and showing the bee numbers and brood?I have two queen hives ,2 brood box, full queen excluder, 1 brood box,foundation supers,I'll break them up on the honey flow this year,
single 3/4 is way to small. a single FD is actually a bit to small.But I’m worried that a single ¾ is too small.
a single 3/4 on a flow can do a surprising amount of honey but it’s only good for the flow not good for management throughout the year.Sometimes I wonder if I should do that with my ¾. But I’m worried that a single ¾ is too small.
i think it all depends on your aera and what works with it.It wasn’t that long ago that hardly anyone used single broods for honey most hives being doubles.
interesting how things change with more people prepared to trial different ways of doing things.
It could also, only maybe, be that the site isn't the problem.Hi got 15 hives ,yet no honey again,,find a better site
I don't understand the set-up you have described. Are you saying two unseparated queens per hive? Are you saying a brood box above queen excluder, how can this have brood in it?That's good try your way,
I have two queen hives ,2 brood box, full queen excluder, 1 brood box,foundation supers,I'll break them up on the honey flow this year,
Not enough honey at most manuka sites to run double broods now days, youl just get the top box half full.@tristan I wouldn’t ordinarily use a single 3/4 as a hive but I was amazed at how much honey they did.
Also would never do the whole brood removal thing.
It wasn’t that long ago that hardly anyone used single broods for honey most hives being doubles.
interesting how things change with more people prepared to trial different ways of doing things.
Well that’s weird I’m sure you asked this question ago and I answered it at the time ?@frazzledfozzle can you explain your system a bit further please?
What was your previous answer? Does it match the answer this time?Well that’s weird I’m sure you asked this question ago and I answered it at the time ?
What was your previous answer? Does it match the answer this time?
I've checked @CHCHPaul posts back to Sept and I can't see anything similar