when to pull honey

[vvand111]

I have kept honey on my hives all winter and now that it appears we are in a reasonably good flow of nectar
and pollen I am not sure if now is the time to pull this honey.  I have about 9 frames in my freezer and at least twice that amount still on my hives.

Is this the time to pull all of that honey out of the hives??

[Perry]

If you are sure there is a decent flow on I would remove enough to open up the brood nest, you don't want it to get plugged and restrict the queens ability to lay.

[vvand111]

I would pull from the brood box. What about the medium suppers??

[vvand111]

I also only have undrawn foundation to put back in the brood box??

[Wandering Man]

I've heard that you should always have a minimum of 15# of honey in your hive for your bees.  One deep frame weighs 5# when it is full, so you should leave three deep frames.  In South Texas, the recommendation is 25# for the winter, but never less than 15#.

[vvand111]

I can easily leave 3 deep frames

[vvand111]

I am thinking I should go ahead and take the mediums off, extract and put them back in my hives while we are having a flow?? 

[Wandering Man]

You are so lucky.  I can't seem to get my bees to do anything other than steal the wax off the foundation in my medium supers.

[riverbee]

"I am thinking I should go ahead and take the mediums off, extract and put them back in my hives while we are having a flow?? "

you could do that vandy, if there is a flow on. also consider saving back a few in case of a dearth, cheaper than feeding sugar.

wm, if your bees are re-purposing the wax from the medium supers above, i would either remove it (they are either not ready for that space, or no flow on).  are you feeding syrup?