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Recently cleared 5 supers into 1 single empty, and both colonies cleared very well

I like to run double brood. Two colonies at present in singles, so their last "super" is a deep, but with no QE under it.

So your bees have a micrometer? Do they care?

I don't understand the problem ? You have a dummy board at the end of the brood box. You take that out and you have space to get the...

Were they really strong enough ( on point of swarm preps) to Demaree . ? Never had a failure to produce QC when at that point

I love Hoffman in the BB. Just a bit of smoke to get them down and slowly abutt frames

I agree, you can never have enough nucs. Simple to make from scrap wood

In my very poor attempts at queen rearing by grafting in the past, I have found that the most important thing is to have the colony...

Not mine

Get to handle some bees before you splash out any cash. Not a good time to start as the colony has to build in strength to survive...

I only put them in when monitoring. If in all the time detritus builds up, unless regularly cleaned. Ideal breeding ground for wax...

Bait box on garage roof. Wife took a video, but forum will not accept an mp4

Swarm just moving in.

Is there space under the clearer for them to go in. For a couple of supers, I put an eke under the clearer, for more supers, I put an...

I only put inspection boards in a few times a year, for a few days each to do varroa counts. If left in all the time, they collect all...