I have four colonies one of which is a colony in a single brood box which was combined from 2 small nukes in July. I added a super in the hope the bees would draw it out and make some late honey. By end of August the brood box was nicely full of bees with some good brood but very little stores and plenty of bees were up in the super but just hanging around, not drawing out. As I wanted to start feeding them syrup I took off the super at the beginning of Sept. Since then when I have been re filling rapid feeders I have noticed an increasingly large hanging cluster of bees under the open mesh floor.
My question please is if you think I should put a super back on under the brood to give them more space to get into the hive? I do that would you advise I give them an empty super or with frames of either drawn comb or foundation?
Thank you very much, Bridget
My question please is if you think I should put a super back on under the brood to give them more space to get into the hive? I do that would you advise I give them an empty super or with frames of either drawn comb or foundation?
Thank you very much, Bridget