Single brood chamber management can be a very helpful and productive management technique. It is essetial however that when it comes to honey harvest you are aware of what you leave behind!
I pulled honey all day and started feeding all my single colonies which is all of them. There is pollen and nectar coming in at the moment and they all have some stores in the deep. Good luck with your bees and thanks for the videos the last 2 years. I have learned a lot.
you need a blower peter, I use the fume board first then use the blower to get the few bees left out of the suppers it works great . u get it done no coming back I think u would like it Peter good video enjoyed it thanks and have a blessed week
Brother Adam designed a feeder that was 2 inches in height, he found that this was the optimal height for a feeder, any higher and it became too cold to take feed down.
As a single brood, means 1 deep and no super of extra honey for winter? I use mediums and usually have 2-3 boxes with brood plus a full super of capped food. I've been able to get down to 3 boxes but that's as far as I can get. Can't wait to get my last 2 verticals into long langs but won't get them made in time for wintering this year unless I can build before Oct 1st.
How much should a single brood deep 10 frame hive weigh going into winter? This was my first year at single brood management. You are correct. there are no food stores going into early fall.
Peter it's interesting how many hives actually have 2 queen? And thanks for the Formic Pro video. Cheap for me, $6 a hive. As opposed to the cost of losing the hive.
I assume because it is September, and in Maine the nice weather switches off in a day or two due to frost. There has to be enough time to cure the feed in the bottom box before cold weather.
