Supering-Up With Ross Rounds
It’s all about making section honey this summer and in yesterday’s glorious weather I added Ross Round (RR) supers to my 3 strong hives (with no queen excluders this year).
I only have 3 RR supers, so my plan is to put regular supers containing thin foundation on top of these RRs. I will do this in about a weeks time.
I will not be using queen excluders with the RR because (A) it slows down the bees, (B) it’s hard enough to get the bees into the circular RRs, and (C ) I read that the Queen does not like or go in the RRs to lay anyhow. The plan is that creating a layer of honey in the RR will deter the Queen going further up and laying eggs in the thin foundation supers.
I have written about RRs here:
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And this is what I am aiming for with the RRs by the end of July, except more of them this year:
