Last year down here I had a bad spring and early summer for honey. We normally have two extractions a year. When it was time for the first, there was some honey in the supers but almost none in the brood chamber. So I didn't take any. When it got time for the second extraction, there was some in the supers and just a little in the brood chambers so I left it all for them, deep and medium brood chamber and medium and shallow supers. This spring when I first inspected the hives, they were full of brood. I had one that had 18 or 19 frames of brood, the others were slightly less, lots of brood. So if you think there is to much to leave for your bees, then take some. I usually feed 1.5 gal. per hive or less per year, including for spring build up.
Joe