Almost ready to Harvest my rooftop hive in Los Angeles

[Dawn_SD]

@Keith_H

Any idea how long I should wait to place super flows on top?

When to add the Flow Super

It is important to place your bees in the brood box and wait until they are fully established before adding the Flow Super containing the Flow Frames to your hive. This can take anywhere between 1-8 weeks, depending on whether you have a nuc or package of bees, and will vary greatly depending on the time of year and the local resources available for your bees. We supply foundationless frames with our brood boxes, as we think it’s beneficial for the bees to build their honeycomb from scratch. Ma…

I would also add, only use the Flow super when the brood box is more than 80% full of food or brood, with all frames having fully drawn comb, and every frame is covered with bees. You may want to use 2 brood boxes, as we have long nectar dearths in SoCal. I would join a local bee club, and ask what they do.