Hi guys,
So I got a swarm about 6 weeks ago and boy have they been busy. They filling up the brood box quite fast with honey, pollen and brood and they will soon have all the frames in my national drawn out. I was wondering whether to put a super or another brood box on next towards the end of this month? The number of bees isn't a ridiculous number so I don't imagine there would be any swarming soon but can't decided whether to increase the population size for next year by adding a BB or take a crop of honey this year with a super. Maybe I could put the super on with queen excluder to get some summer/autumn honey and then leave the super on without the queen excluder for the winter? Would you advise against this?
Any thoughts or advice is appreciated!
So I got a swarm about 6 weeks ago and boy have they been busy. They filling up the brood box quite fast with honey, pollen and brood and they will soon have all the frames in my national drawn out. I was wondering whether to put a super or another brood box on next towards the end of this month? The number of bees isn't a ridiculous number so I don't imagine there would be any swarming soon but can't decided whether to increase the population size for next year by adding a BB or take a crop of honey this year with a super. Maybe I could put the super on with queen excluder to get some summer/autumn honey and then leave the super on without the queen excluder for the winter? Would you advise against this?
Any thoughts or advice is appreciated!