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One or two brood boxes, Honey flow, when to super and collateral damage.
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<blockquote data-quote="AdamD" data-source="post: 9309" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>If the queen doesn't have enough room to lay in one brood box, then you are restricting the potential size of the colony and therefore it's honey-producing capacity. You are also more likely to get swarming due to congestion. Also remember that in a good honey flow, bees will bring in and dump the honey anywhere - including where brood should be; so having plenty of space at this time is good. In spring, here in the UK, I add a second brood box once there's 8 frames of brood (from the available 11 frames) as I know the colony will continue to expand. (Consider my weather similar to Wellington but without so much wind). With a large brood area available, you will perhaps not be able to extract all the honey as some will be in brood frames however that gives a buffer for periods of poor weather/forage and 2 brood boxes works for some colonies for over-wintering as there's plenty of stores for them. You can also put old frames "downstairs" and to the sides later in the year with a 2 brood box hive, so that in spring they will most likely be empty and can be removed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamD, post: 9309, member: 173"] If the queen doesn't have enough room to lay in one brood box, then you are restricting the potential size of the colony and therefore it's honey-producing capacity. You are also more likely to get swarming due to congestion. Also remember that in a good honey flow, bees will bring in and dump the honey anywhere - including where brood should be; so having plenty of space at this time is good. In spring, here in the UK, I add a second brood box once there's 8 frames of brood (from the available 11 frames) as I know the colony will continue to expand. (Consider my weather similar to Wellington but without so much wind). With a large brood area available, you will perhaps not be able to extract all the honey as some will be in brood frames however that gives a buffer for periods of poor weather/forage and 2 brood boxes works for some colonies for over-wintering as there's plenty of stores for them. You can also put old frames "downstairs" and to the sides later in the year with a 2 brood box hive, so that in spring they will most likely be empty and can be removed. [/QUOTE]
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