sbisme
House Bee
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2014
- Messages
- 217
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- Location
- Stafford UK
- Hive Type
- WBC
- Number of Hives
- 4
Hi All
Just a quick question First full year and my strongest hive has three supers on, the top one is 3/4 capped and the two below are filling fast, my question is the top one that is 3/4 capped will it be ok to extract? I understand it has to be below 18 on my refractometer and the capped should be that but taking into account the capped and uncapped once extracted and mixed together I take it if it reads 18 or below I am ok to jar?
Hope that makes sense or should I just leave it to be fully capped?
Just a quick question First full year and my strongest hive has three supers on, the top one is 3/4 capped and the two below are filling fast, my question is the top one that is 3/4 capped will it be ok to extract? I understand it has to be below 18 on my refractometer and the capped should be that but taking into account the capped and uncapped once extracted and mixed together I take it if it reads 18 or below I am ok to jar?
Hope that makes sense or should I just leave it to be fully capped?