- It is time to add another super when the super on a colony is one-half to two-thirds filled (six to seven frames).
- Raise the partially filled super and place the empty super on top of the brood chamber. Place the partially filled super on top of the empty super.
- Supers of cut comb honey foundation should be added on top of the honey super which is on top of the brood chamber to reduce the amount of pollen in the cut comb honey.
- Continue to check for swarm cells every seven days. Remove all swarm cells from the colony.
- Keep empty storage space in the supers on all colonies until the honey flow has ended.
- Remove and extract capped supers from your colonies if you need additional supers.
Apropos of this story, I saw a swarm of honeybees moinvg into new digs just two days ago. It’s the first swarm (and damn near the first honeybees) I’ve seen in years, and I live out in the country with a fair number of apple trees. Years ago one could stand under the apple trees and bathe in the hum of hundreds of honeybees; lately if I see two or three in a tree in bloom it’s out of the ordinary. The swarm was an encouraging sight.