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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    if they shouldn't have access should I cover up the holes in the crown board?
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    possibly yes. what do you think about the qx, should it be above or below the super I've just put on?
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    I did find what looked like a queen cell and destroyed it. also got rid of some drones and lots of brace comb.
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    ok so have checked them this morning and the ball of bees has gone from the roof. I went through the frames and they have clearly run out of space. I put a super on, blocked up the crown board though not sure if this is needed. final question is the qx ok between the bb and the super or should...
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    nope no mentor! I am with NLB but ashamed to say I haven't got to any meetings yet. am off work this week so will be looking tomorrow, will let you know. thanks!
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    now that you mention it there were a lot of bees fanning in the roof when I looked.
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    this is a completely new hive. they overwintered in the nuc box on 5 frames, and I moved them over to the hive last month. there's 7 undrawn frames in there. I haven't looked in there for a while, because I didn't think much would be occurring, ie I thought 7 new frames would keep them busy for...
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    right, am going out there tomorrow with a super to see what's occurring. thanks everyone, and to answer your question muswell metro yep I started with a 5 frame nuc box and transferred them over to a hive of 12 frames(?). any ideas why they'd be bees hanging around on the landing board so late?
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    and when I put the super on do I knock the hanging bees into the super or just put the super on and leave them to it?
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    the fondant was because I was trying to give them a good start in their new home, I transferred then from a 5 frame nuc box early march. that means they have filled up 7 frames in about 7 weeks? and when you say mesh, what is that exactly?
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    ball of bees in hive roof - help

    I peered under the roof as I had left some fondant there some weeks ago and was checking if they had finished. I was confronted with a huge amount of bees standing around and even more worryingly a ball of bees hanging there as well, see pics. there's also a handful of bees hanging around on...
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    feeding bees

    many thanks for all the advice, I might take most of the fondant away and just leave one bit over the cb hole.
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    feeding bees

    yep queen excluder is on
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    feeding bees

    here you go, fondant under roof. guess i'll take it off tomorrow.
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    feeding bees

    it's on the crown board, and yes there is a hole in the crown board! I will post a pic tonight. i thought i was doing them a favour, ingrates!
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