Well done you!
Would it have been ok to have taken those shallows away earlier or would the bees have potentially starved? I think my bees are munching my honey crop at the moment but thought I better leave them to it as didn’t want to risk starvation. I’ve no idea if that would be a threat at this time of year or not thoughToday I put on some clearer boards and wished I'd done this last week. Several colonies have consumed about a shallow of honey in the last week. Just when I'd got another local shop to start stocking my honey.
I'm not clearing them from all the shallows for that reason, just taking the top couple from the hives before I lose any more. If it gets worse I'll dilute some bakers honey and feed it to them.
Same here. 2 weeks of continuous rain, I have a nuc I had just moved into hive before the rain started. Looked in last weekend and hardly any stores at all. Got a message during the week from a nearby association that feeding might be required for smaller hives. They have consumed nearly 6 litres in under 48 hours! Hardly any additional honey in supers in my other 3 hives as they seem to be consuming whatever they are bringing in.
An inverted roof is handy when transporting full shallows.
It certainly is. I have replaced all my Swienty broods with Abelo and deep roofs so I have a few of the old roofs. They are jolly handy.
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately all of the roofs i have are in use right now, but its definitely one I’ll bear in mind for next year when I expect to be moving a lot more (when the honey room should be ready).
I use these as well they are very useful. You can probably get them cheaper than here
I love these for keeping the supers off the ground & catching honey drips
been using them for years to put under supers ready for extraction to keep work surfaces clean - and a second one for the 'empty supers to catch any drips
