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I have one hive that has 2 honey supers on them. One has been drawn out, 10 frames and they are capping it. The other has 8 frames drawn out and they are working on the other 2. I want to add another super and thought I read that there was a rotation of honey supers you could do that would be more effective than just adding them on top of one another. Should I take the most complete one and put it on top with the newest one on the very bottom....which would leave the one with 8 frames drawn out in the middle. OR does it not matter and I am fine to just put it on top of the others? Any ideas/replies are appreciated!!!

I would put fullest on top and work down from there. They don't like holes in the nest and work fast to fill them in. They also cap from the top down, so you are less likely to end with 3 supers of uncapped honey.

That is what I was leaning towards doing. Would you also take some frames from the one that was drawn out and not capped yet and mix them in on the outside of the new super. Does that make sense? What I am thinking is to keep them working the middle since they work inside to out. Or would you suggest to just put them on and leave alone?

No opinion there. I just put them on. Moving frames may help, I don't know. Never tried it. I only move frames in the brood area.