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OK So if you want to really get involved!!
And this is still simpler than traditional beekeeping!!
So here is a first and second summer "what to do when chart", if you want some honey harvest.
A: is, the when you can expect a swarm and put it in your (HAH) HANCOCK ALTERNATIVE HIVE somewhere around June July time.they are put in the hive with the four top plugs in and the bottom holes all oppen.
B: they are then just left until it starts to get cold they stop flying and the pollen and nectar stops.
at this point all the access holes can be plugged except the smallest for them to do their poo flights in winter.
You can also add extra insulation to the top and sides if needed?
C: towards the end of winter, one of the of the entrance holes can be opened and as soon as you start getting more and more movement all the entrance holes at the bottom can be opened.
Once the bees really start flying ( this indicates the queen is laying and she has moved down) and there is a good nectar flow, you can allow access to one, two or three of the honey boxes.
D: mid summer solstice
E 1: Halfway between the midsummer solstice and the date they stopped flying the previous year, or the average date over the last few years for your hives specific climat, honey can be removed.
here there are a few options.
O1: You can knock out the bees out of the honey boxes to walk back into the hive. Then plug all four of the honey box entrances.
O2: You can knock the bees from one, two or three boxes into one and replace it with only access to that one box. ( I suppose you could also vacuum them all into one box? Not your hone Hoover but a "bee Vac")
O3: replace all the boxes ( how ever many new boxes )with access to all the boxes.
Then what? I do not know at this time is if they have access to one or more than one honey box over winter, will they starve in one box even if there is honey in another, I think so.