double brood

[islayhawk]

Overwintered on double brood and bees overwintered ok. I now have a brood box on top with a laying Queen, brood and stores building up. Bottom brood is empty and I would like to replace some of the frames in it and replace with undrawn foundation. Should I leave the configuration as it is or move the bottom brood box to the top.I want to stay on double brood

 

[Finman]

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Let the bees fill half of the lower box before you swap them.
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[Poly Hive]

What I do is when the bees are on 8+ frames of brood I both add a super and put a frame of brood down into the bottom box replacing it with either an empty comb or a foundation and they get on with it all just fine.

If you put your empty brood above they will treat it more as a super and it will get congested.

PH

 

[Finman]

What I do is when the bees are on 8+ frames of brood I both add a super and put a frame of brood down into the bottom box replacing it with either an empty comb or a foundation and they get on with it all just fine.

If you put your empty brood above they will treat it more as a super and it will get congested.

PH

Not good ideas in cold spring weathers.
I let bees first occopy two brood boxes, and the third box is super.
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Eight frame colony is not able to forage honey into super.
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Look at next 10 days' temps, at the level of 12C. Nights +3C.
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