Preparing Hives To Harvest Honey

What we are doing to manage our hives during this part of the season. We are continuing to add supers as needed and arrange hives in preparation for the removal of honey supers
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[@CooperBees]

Lots of good information - thank you!

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Thank you for watching

[@blackberry5908]

Thank you for your insights and information especially from a professional beekeeper ❤

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Thank you so much

[@blackberry5908]

With the hives above the double screen board when you make an inspection the foragers bees that are returning do they keep flying for the whole time you inspect the hive below or they just land on the hive below ?

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

They do both and some will even go into the hive below. They get straightened out once the hive is back together

[@blackberry5908]

​@@ChiltonBeeCompanythank you

[@robertnewberry7872]

Thank you for wonderful info. I have about 4 double deep hives in north AL. So if I understood your recommendation was to put queen down in bottom deep box, then put queen excluder on top and keep 2nd deep on top with other honey supers as needed. It seems like nectar flow is slowing down here. Just wanted to make sure I understood

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

That is the way I do it because I overwinter in single deeps. I put the second deep on in early Spring for room to grow. Now it is time to remove it so I just move her down in time for the brood to emerge out of it before I pull honey supers. It is then treated as another super.

[@user-mb4dv7dc6l]

How do you protect against small hive beetles?

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Simply by placing hives in full Sun prevents an infestation of beetles. What beetles do enter the hive, the bees have no trouble handling on their own