fall flow questions?

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p51d
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fall flow questions?

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Is the fall flow over? My bees are still active and I see some wild flowers and such.

why? I have two honey supers besides the food stores and I guess should spin these two supers and start to feed.

thanks for the answers. This year I did not have much honey int he spring but these two supers are now full...
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Post by Kurt Bower »

The Fall flow has begun but not over.
The flow I am counting on involves Aster which has not yet started.
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Post by p51d »

Perfect and thanks Kurt. I will wait a bit yet. I appreciate all the questions and answers from the board.
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What are others seeing

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What are others seeing in regards to the fall flow? I am guessing that it was not very good based on the weight of my hives? I will start with hive top feeding today!!
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Post by p51d »

Hello Ron,

Three weeks before the honey supers were at 80%. After I asked the question they had consumed all but 20% so I guess there was not much flow. I started feeding after I saw that.

call me crazy but I don't want to lose any hives by starving them.
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