Hi - i am a new beekeeper in SE Pennsylvania. I think i may have made a mistake in getting ready for the winter and would appreciate some advise. I have two hives. One did not produce because i believe i lost my queen early in the season. The other hive produce a few gallons of honey which i harvested in August. After harvesting i put back two honey supers to promote some more comb since the foundations were brand new and have very little comb developed during the season. I think that was a mistake. I am now getting ready to winter the bees. I have a top feeder i want to use and i have purchased some bee-pro patties to supplement the bees. the instructions for the bee-pro says you must remove the supers. However, my supers have comb and some new honey. I took them off and put a new super containing the feeder in its place (along with the patty). Now i have supers with comb and honey sitting in my yard and i don't know what to do with them. I can't harvest the honey because my friend with the extractor has shut down for the season and i don't want to just put the supers in storage (assuming i could get the bees off them) with the honey for the winter. Any suggestions on how i can address this would be most appreciated. g
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