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Summer <br /> The colonies should be built up to fill their two deep hive bodies as you did with packages and nucs in Year 1. • <br /> Add honey supers over a queen excluder when the second deep box is 80% occupied with bees (Figure 54). <br /> 1=1 Box<80%full bees <br /> 0 Box full bees <br /> I I tJ New box(empty) <br /> 0 Open hole <br /> I I I Q Corked hole <br /> Q Original queen <br /> Q q New queen <br /> I I I I P Parent <br /> o a = D Divide <br /> L I <br /> a <br /> f [ l t , V 111111111 1 1 1 1 I I I I I , I 1 , i i I , I 11 ' 1 I I I ' I I I <br /> Q <br /> ' P1 P1 P1 Q <br /> P1 P1 P1 P1 <br /> o Q O P2 Q o P2 Q o P2 Q o P2 Q o P2 Q O P2 0 0 P2 <br /> .i 1 s L L i L i L i I] <br /> Parent:Inspect and <br /> add supers as needed <br /> I I I I • <br /> I T I I I 1 1 I I 111111111 I , l I E 1 I 1 1 I <br /> io D2 o D2 o D1 o D1 o D1 o D1 o D1 <br /> • CD2 CD2 CD2 <br /> a D1 n D1 0 D2 o, D2 0 o 0 <br /> I I I I I��I I I I I I I I I <br /> Divide:Inspect and add <br /> boxes and supers as needed <br /> Figure 54. Summer management of colonies kept in the 2-deep system. <br /> Fall <br /> In the fall, the colonies should consist of two deep hive bodies and should be prepared for winter following <br /> the same methods you used in the first year.As in Year 1, the colonies may not be heavy enough without <br /> additional feeding in the fall, especially if they are in a 2-deep configuration. Monitor the level of varroa mites. <br /> Managing to keep mite levels below threshold in the fall increases the colony's chance of surviving the winter. <br /> 41110 <br /> Beekeeping in Northern Climates 74 <br />