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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 9381" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Under certain conditions bees will naturally cram down and under other conditions they will move capped and uncapped honey out of the brood nest.</p><p>It's not really possible to predict what will happen in any season or at any given time of the season. I generally don't mess with the brood nest which on my hives is wto full depth boxes. What I do try and do is to give them plenty of room early in the season so that there is no real incentive to store too much honey in the brood nest and as the end of the season nears I like to cram them down more so they have plenty of stores for winter. The problem in New Zealand is that you never know when the main flow will be and when it will end. Around here the best weather is in February but it is usually too dry for them to do anything much but on very rare occasions you can still get another 50 kg of honey at that time of year.</p><p>The hives I have been doing the last few days have been on a pretty good flow and many of the hives have little or no unsealed brood but all you need is a few days bad weather and they will move that honey out and lay out again.</p><p>Honey in the brood nest is often put over pollen which is not ideal when it comes to extracting and is also a very important source of preserved pollen in the spring, you also have to remember that hives may be going gangbusters at the moment but a tropical cyclone could come down next week and that might be the last drop of honey you get for the whole summer.</p><p>Every hive is different and every situation is different but in general I just leave any honey in the brood nest alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 9381, member: 207"] Under certain conditions bees will naturally cram down and under other conditions they will move capped and uncapped honey out of the brood nest. It's not really possible to predict what will happen in any season or at any given time of the season. I generally don't mess with the brood nest which on my hives is wto full depth boxes. What I do try and do is to give them plenty of room early in the season so that there is no real incentive to store too much honey in the brood nest and as the end of the season nears I like to cram them down more so they have plenty of stores for winter. The problem in New Zealand is that you never know when the main flow will be and when it will end. Around here the best weather is in February but it is usually too dry for them to do anything much but on very rare occasions you can still get another 50 kg of honey at that time of year. The hives I have been doing the last few days have been on a pretty good flow and many of the hives have little or no unsealed brood but all you need is a few days bad weather and they will move that honey out and lay out again. Honey in the brood nest is often put over pollen which is not ideal when it comes to extracting and is also a very important source of preserved pollen in the spring, you also have to remember that hives may be going gangbusters at the moment but a tropical cyclone could come down next week and that might be the last drop of honey you get for the whole summer. Every hive is different and every situation is different but in general I just leave any honey in the brood nest alone. [/QUOTE]
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