# Beekeeping - Intermediate **URL:** https://forum.honeyflow.com/c/beekeeping-intermediate/38.md [Latest](https://forum.honeyflow.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.honeyflow.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Beekeeping - Intermediate category](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/about-the-beekeeping-intermediate-category/31267)
**Author:** [@Bianca](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bianca)\ **Replies:** 0
Beekeeping Intermediate This category is for questions beyond the Beekeeping Basics for anything to do with managing a honey bee colony. Those who are completely new to beekeeping may find these questions and answers t… --- ## [Add Medium Super or No?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/add-medium-super-or-no/40436)
**Author:** [@D\_JBees](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/D_JBees)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/add-medium-super-or-no/40436 "2026-06-06T01:46:35Z")
I’ve read in other places that adding a langstrom medium super above the Flow Frame super will encourage the bees to use the Flow Frames? Has anyone tried this and seen it make a difference? I have configured my colonie… --- ## [DIY hives vs. precision-made: Does accuracy really matter to bees?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/diy-hives-vs-precision-made-does-accuracy-really-matter-to-bees/40203)
**Author:** [@hong\_ze](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/hong_ze)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/diy-hives-vs-precision-made-does-accuracy-really-matter-to-bees/40203 "2026-03-09T21:56:58Z")
I’ve got a question that’s been on my mind, and I’d love to hear opinions from both the DIY crowd and those who buy manufactured hives. In my day job, I work in a factory that makes wooden products (including beehives).… --- ## [To Requeen, or let them make a queen, that is the question (please advise)](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/to-requeen-or-let-them-make-a-queen-that-is-the-question-please-advise/40184)
**Author:** [@GrumpyFarmer](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/GrumpyFarmer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/to-requeen-or-let-them-make-a-queen-that-is-the-question-please-advise/40184 "2026-03-04T22:54:07Z")
Good day team. I hope you are all well. We are almost to April and i am getting itchy for the bee yard! On a recent warm day we cracked open a hive to check stores and at quick glance to how some sugar in, I have stro… --- ## [Reduce the size of my hive - permenantly](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/reduce-the-size-of-my-hive-permenantly/32825)
**Author:** [@BradCo](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BradCo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/reduce-the-size-of-my-hive-permenantly/32825 "2022-04-27T09:41:11Z")
Hi. Hoping for some advice. I am looking at reducing the size of my hive, not just for the upcoming Winter but more long term. For various reasons I am needing to remove one box from my setup. I’m thinking of removing th… --- ## [Drone eviction help needed](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/drone-eviction-help-needed/32116)
**Author:** [@jlc313131](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/jlc313131)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/drone-eviction-help-needed/32116 "2021-12-30T19:52:12Z")
Just sighted a mass drone eviction from one of our flow hives. Upon forum searching found that this maybe a food shortage but where we are located in the southern highlands of Nsw this doesn’t seem like a straight forwa… --- ## [Has my hive swarmed](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/has-my-hive-swarmed/31613)
**Author:** [@Jason\_Gray](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Jason_Gray)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/has-my-hive-swarmed/31613 "2021-10-11T09:58:51Z")
Hi beekeepers I was a bit late doing my first spring inspection (did it today) as the weather has been either too cold or too windy. Perhaps I was a bit too conservative about judging these factors. Anyway the hive is … --- ## [Strange hive behavior](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/strange-hive-behavior/31372)
**Author:** [@Patti](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Patti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/strange-hive-behavior/31372 "2021-09-08T01:47:01Z")
I have been beekeeping for six years with reasonable success as measured by bees surviving the winter, just one swarm, honey harvest, etc. This year has been very unusual. I got a package in mid-April. The queen was n… --- ## [How long do you wait to replace a removed queen?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-long-do-you-wait-to-replace-a-removed-queen/31270)
**Author:** [@Bianca](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bianca)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-long-do-you-wait-to-replace-a-removed-queen/31270 "2021-08-25T02:37:54Z")
Hello, welcome to a new category, Beekeeping - Intermediate. I realised that we didn’t have a category for general beekeeping that was more than the basics. As the title describes, I’d like to know how long beekeepers o…