Super
A box of frames added above the brood nest for the bees to store surplus honey in.
Beekeeping
Definition
Supering gives receiver bees somewhere to put nectar, which keeps foragers dancing and working. Adding supers in time is one of the more consequential decisions in a season: a colony with nowhere to store slows down, and one with too much empty space heats and defends it inefficiently.
Honey records that discuss this
See also
Other beekeeping terms
Sources
Sources
- The Biology of the Honey Bee — Harvard University Press (1987) · Textbook
- The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild — Princeton University Press (2019) · Monograph
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