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Its quite possible that if the "super" is on top your queen will start laying up there. If possible I would move the super underneath the brood box, so the brood box is uppermost. This will now be the warmest pat of the hive and the queen should start laying up there. I would do ASAP as now is the time that queens start laying after a winter brood break.
I agree with Nigel - swap the boxes over when you can. It might be a bit mesy if the bees are living between two boxes though.
I put supers under brood boxes during September (no queen excluder). The bees have time to move themselves and food around if they want to as it's not too cold at that time of year. In March or at the time of first inspection, the nadired super is usually empty of stores and very very rarely has any brood so it's easy to remove.
I put supers under brood boxes during September (no queen excluder). The bees have time to move themselves and food around if they want to as it's not too cold at that time of year. In March or at the time of first inspection, the nadired super is usually empty of stores and very very rarely has any brood so it's easy to remove.
May your bees read the same books as you do.
How do you clean a flow super when it’s had brood in it?
At some point it's going to happen so I had a quick look online and didn't see any real reference to it. Apart from it might be a bit tedious!
With OSR close by most years, I'm not convinced that flow hives will work well for me.
May your bees read the same books as you do.