Post extraction demaree...?

[bjosephd]

Anyone ever do a kind of post extraction demaree and feed? To get a good load of young bees/brood laid up as autumn comes and a good feed to fill up a double brood for over wintering and support brood rearing into autumn.

Thoughts?

Tin hat

BJD

 

[masterBK]

A "Demaree" is principly a swarm prevention method often modified for rearing a few queens so no advantage to you at this time of year. Normally have a super or two between the brood chamber and again not normally needed at this time of year. Why not just have double broodhchamber set up and feed? The queen will lay where the workers prepare the cells for her and put the stores where they want them. They usually know best

 

[bjosephd]

A "Demaree" is principly a swarm prevention method often modified for rearing a few queens so no advantage to you at this time of year. Normally have a super or two between the brood chamber and again not normally needed at this time of year. Why not just have double broodhchamber set up and feed? The queen will lay where the workers prepare the cells for her and put the stores where they want them. They usually know best

Fair enough. Sounds logical.

 

[Sean.]

What I tend to do is put a new broad box on top now, with new frames and foundation. As they are still able to draw the wax out, if it warms up or stays warm. Then they will have the foundation with stores and have drawn 90% of it out ready for winter, or more so spring. The bottom brood box can usually be removed then.

This only downside is that they may have a lot of stores in the top box and you may need to replace them with drawn out sterilised frames.

 

[Amari]

What I tend to do is put a new broad box on top now, with new frames and foundation. As they are still able to draw the wax out, if it warms up or stays warm. Then they will have the foundation with stores and have drawn 90% of it out ready for winter, or more so spring. The bottom brood box can usually be removed then.
This only downside is that they may have a lot of stores in the top box and you may need to replace them with drawn out sterilised frames.

You must have obliging bees. Mine are reluctant/refuse to draw foundation this late in the year.