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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 3681" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>My hives live permanently in two brood boxes and the majority of the honey is always on the second box. Come spring some will be breeding on the bottom and some in the top. I don't care and leave them to breed where they want to. Beekeeping is hard enough work without messing with the bees more than you have to. As for ventilated floors, bees don't need them in the summer so I sure don't see why they should want them in the winter.</p><p>My answer to where your honey box should be over the winter is that it should be in the top brood box , part of the brood nest not separated from it. This is how bees would do it naturally and they know what they are doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 3681, member: 207"] My hives live permanently in two brood boxes and the majority of the honey is always on the second box. Come spring some will be breeding on the bottom and some in the top. I don't care and leave them to breed where they want to. Beekeeping is hard enough work without messing with the bees more than you have to. As for ventilated floors, bees don't need them in the summer so I sure don't see why they should want them in the winter. My answer to where your honey box should be over the winter is that it should be in the top brood box , part of the brood nest not separated from it. This is how bees would do it naturally and they know what they are doing. [/QUOTE]
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