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<\/a>the second with weight. \u00a0I added two more, shifting the full one and the partially full one to the top and the empties to the bottom. \u00a0I also added a queen excluder between the three hive boxes and the honey supers. \u00a0This prevents the queen, who should still be in the bottom or second from bottom hive box since my reversal, from laying brood in the honey supers.<\/p>\n(pic: \u00a0the colony with two honey supers on last week. \u00a0I added the second two today)<\/p>\n
The nectar flow is running strong right now and the colony is also strong. \u00a0The right combination. \u00a0“Nectar flow<\/a> is when one or more major nectar sources are blooming and the weather is cooperating, allowing bees to collect the nectar.” \u00a0Sweet clover is blooming now as well as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 New (First Harvest) Moon Checked the bees this morning and to my happy surprise found one honey super full and the second with weight. … Continue reading Bee Diary: July 8, 2013<\/span>