Dyslexic bees

[farbee]

By girls don't seem to read the books.

I wanted to give more brood space as they were running out of space, so put a second national box under to existing one. They have almost filled a super so put another one on as well.
I put it under as last year I put brood on top and it was packed with honey.

Well the queen has laid a little in the second (bottom box) but they have also stored lots of nectar down there. There is loads of space up top so why are they doing this? I guess I should just leave them to sort it out.

 

[Queens59]

By girls don't seem to read the books.

I wanted to give more brood space as they were running out of space, so put a second national box under to existing one. They have almost filled a super so put another one on as well.
I put it under as last year I put brood on top and it was packed with honey.

Well the queen has laid a little in the second (bottom box) but they have also stored lots of nectar down there. There is loads of space up top so why are they doing this? I guess I should just leave them to sort it out.

Bees will always store in their BB, so that if weather is bad they have food - YOU want them to use the super - the BEES want their home to have stores first...

 

[farbee]

Bees will always store in their BB, so that if weather is bad they have food - YOU want them to use the super - the BEES want their home to have stores first...

I know but they are filling the brood box below the brood nest which unless I am dyslexic is not what they 'should' be doing. There is already quite a lot of honey around brood nest.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It's always a race between the bees and the queen - if she can lay as fast as they draw comb tehn they will store honey up top - if not they will carry on storing as close to the brood as possible and shift it out the way if the queen needs space

 

[Queens59]

I think your title is right - bees do not read the books...and the books are not always right either...

 

[Finman]

There is loads of space up top so why are they doing this? I guess I should just leave them to sort it out.

The queen is not able to lay more. They keep their brood area and then put nectar to rippen everywhere.

Get a new queen. Sounds miserable if it cannot do better.

Hell will burst out if the bees start to read this forum. Don't let them do that.
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[farbee]

The queen is not able to lay more. They keep their brood area and then put nectar to rippen everywhere.

Get a new queen. Sounds miserable if it cannot do better.

Hell will burst out if the bees start to read this forum. Don't let them do that.
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Planning to requeen later.