Honey super

As honey space, the upper portion of a hive is called in bee-keeping, invest in the honey bees in the honeycomb larger quantities of honey stores.

In a magazine prey, it is the upper sides, with a background treatment spoils it is the upper room. The honey room is available only during the growing season, as only in this time sufficiently costumes can be used by the bees are applied to the system of honey stores.

Frequently between the brood chamber is ( the lower portion of the booty ) and the honey room placed a guard rail. This has a mesh size that allows normal bees from slipping through, but the larger queen blocking the entrance. The advantage is that the queen can not lay their eggs in the honeycomb, so go during the spin cycle no bee larvae or eggs in the honey.

The non-incubated honey super combs offer the wax moth poor propagation possibilities since this is nourished by the residues left by the bee larvae in the cells. The honeycomb can therefore be placed in storage after harvesting in autumn good ( outside of the colony ).