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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 707142" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>I am glad i could help, glad you like the picture.</p><p>The two bottom boxes are the brood chambers. Then there is a queen excluder that separates the honey supers from the brood supers. Realllly dislike it when the queen moves up into a honey super and lays eggs. Then the bees never want to leave, and it takes way longer to pull honey. Our honey season is aboout July 1- August 31. So for the rest of they year, they are only two boxes. This year the crazy fall had the honey flow on until the 30th of September. Bad news since September is our month to treat. When October hit, it got cold and now the treatments might not work, and they have decided not to take in their feed. We really need about a week of temps in the teens to get it done. Treatments that do not work can mean higher losses in the spring...</p><p>One good thing you have going for you with these africanized bees, even though they are a beggar to work with, is the higher threshold of disease and pest resistance...so i hear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 707142, member: 6198"] I am glad i could help, glad you like the picture. The two bottom boxes are the brood chambers. Then there is a queen excluder that separates the honey supers from the brood supers. Realllly dislike it when the queen moves up into a honey super and lays eggs. Then the bees never want to leave, and it takes way longer to pull honey. Our honey season is aboout July 1- August 31. So for the rest of they year, they are only two boxes. This year the crazy fall had the honey flow on until the 30th of September. Bad news since September is our month to treat. When October hit, it got cold and now the treatments might not work, and they have decided not to take in their feed. We really need about a week of temps in the teens to get it done. Treatments that do not work can mean higher losses in the spring... One good thing you have going for you with these africanized bees, even though they are a beggar to work with, is the higher threshold of disease and pest resistance...so i hear. [/QUOTE]
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