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Thank you- that sounds good. I think will do next inspection, as you suggest. Adam

Could you possibly run through how you set up a modified Demaree from a double brood without having 3 brood boxes which might be a bit much for me? I’ve read your linked article several times and want to Demaree one of my hives (currently on DB) this year. I did a fairly brief inspection last...

Thank you both- that’s very reassuring- will do as suggested. Adam

Hi I have had a 6-frame wooden nucleus which has- so far- survived through the winter. I ended up with it after a number of very beginner learning curve mistakes late last summer, with a small nucleus requeened with a commercially brought Carniolan 2023 queen. It exploded in numbers and went...

Many thanks to you both- will do that! BW Adam

Hi I’m a beginner, first winter (East Anglia) and (alongside a couple of other healthy colonies) have a wooden 6-frame nuc hive with a young 2023 queen. There are a good number of bees and the frames are fairly full of stores but I was planning on feeding fondant overwinter anyway. I was...

Thanks! Much appreciated- will do that. BW Adam

Many thanks indeed, Jenkinsbrynmair- I hadn’t even considered laying workers. But does that fit with a definite witnessed swarm (presumed cast with virgin queen) issuing from the hive 17 days ago, which I captured? I inspected that swarm hive yesterday and plentiful eggs, and uncapped brood, and...

Can laying workers make QCs? I’m fairly sure these are QCs not drone cells. Apologies for the very poor quality pictures- I had forgotten how difficult it is to take photos with an iPhone in gloves. Ended up using my nose to take a video which was a bit awkward to say the least…. Today I’ve...

Hi. I’m a newbee and the last month has certainly been a bit of a learning curve. I started off with two overwintered nucs (marked 2022 queen). On 8th May, one hive swarmed- I saw it go, and caught it into a new hive, marked queen is there. I went through original hive, took down all QC (I think...