I have been reading another thread about honey in upper deeps with some very good information on that topic. I just watched another awesome video from JPthebeeman and now I have questions. Out in the wild, when bees find a suitable home for themselves, they move in and begin building comb from the top down. Is is right to assume that no matter how large the colony, the organization of the comb contents are basically the same which is brood in the bottom/middle, pollen after that, then honey on the outside and above. Okay, if that is true, then let's say some bees move into a tree or between the studs of a house and they have a restricted area side to side in which to build. They begin at the top building comb and the queen begins to lay in the middle and lower portion of the comb and bees store honey at the top. As they grow in numbers, the comb grows down and as brood above emerges, the empty cells are filled with honey, correct? But in captivity, we tell the bees nope, we don't want you to do that. When they fill a deep, we put another one on top, not below. And after that, a honey super goes on. Okay, it seems to work and they have been doing that for years and it is, in fact, easier on the beekeeper to do it that way, but why? What if at the beginning of the year, we started with a medium, then added another medium below, then a deep below that, then another deep below that? In theory, when it's time to extract, the mediums would be full of honey. I know the comb would not be as clean and you might not want for comb honey. Also, I know that at the end of the season, you have deeps full of bees and you want to start with mediums in the spring, so that would be difficult. Okay, you experienced people, tell me now why that wouldn't work. Ready......FIGHT!
