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  1. J

    Bee stings

    Hi Alarm bells are ringing !! This sounds like you are possibly heading for an anaphylactic shock art sometime in future This is what happened to my husband and it’s something you really want to avoid as you can’t get an epipen from drs until after you’ve had an anaphylactic shock .. believe me...
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    Bee stings

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    Queen balling

    Hi Just seeing the words ‘queen balling’ brings me out in a sweat !!! I witnessed this horrendous and distressing event after marking a really fabulous queen from a strong colony and it has left a lasting image in my head !!! I am now so worried about marking queens to the point that last...
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    Queen balling

    Hi
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    United hive ...7 days later loads of queen cells...what do I do now?

    Looking back now it was actually the beginning of August that I had noticed there were no eggs being laid and gradually the existing capped brood emerged and the colony just used the brood frames for storing honey. So I suppose I got the feeling I had to do something to save the bees from just...
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    United hive ...7 days later loads of queen cells...what do I do now?

    hi, hive (A) did swarm, I caught the swarm and hived it in another hive in another location. This colony are doing well. I did not realise that hive (A) was queenless as there were still a lot of bees despite having swarmed. Perhaps I should have added some frames of brood earlier but just...
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    United hive ...7 days later loads of queen cells...what do I do now?

    Hi all, today went and checked for eggs. Can't see any. Couldn't see a queen either, but I am not good at this! Also checked the queen cells which seem to be a bit mixed in size however I would say that they are not as long as usual and predominantly coming from the comb face rather than the...
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    United hive ...7 days later loads of queen cells...what do I do now?

    Hi Hivemaker...yes there is brood and some uncapped larvae...didn't see eggs but will check again tomorrow....
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    United hive ...7 days later loads of queen cells...what do I do now?

    thanks for your quick reply and excellent notes on queen cells. I think if I remember correctly they look like swarm cells....(oh no not again!!) Bu to be absolutely sure I will have to go and look again tomorrow morning, then I will be able to be quite sure. I will write back then. thanks Julia
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    United hive ...7 days later loads of queen cells...what do I do now?

    Not sure if any one can give me a bit of advice. I united 2 colonies on Sunday 24th August because 1 colony was, I am certain, queenless (A) and the other had a queen who was laying but not prolifically(B) and was only 4 frames. Colony (B) is a hived cast from a swarm in June. I placed the...
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    bees covered in orange pollen

    hi my bees are also looking just the same as your great photos. We have loads of laburnum although I haven't seen a lot of bees on the flowers (been told its poisonous too!). We live in the Highlands and round us at the moment there is wall to wall broom and gorse in flower, could it possibly...
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    Is this weird beehavior???

    Hi I stupidly destroyed all my queen cells to prevent a swarm before checking there were eggs and larvae...which of course there wern't. So my bee keeper kind friend brought me over a queen cell on a frame with some brood which he placed in my hive. 4 days later he came over to look at hive...
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    Lost Queen

    hi DorsetB just thought I'd commiserate with you and tell that I did the exact same thing a week ago...fortuneately I had just met a really friendly local beekeeper who gave me a frame with a queen cell on it so we slotted this in and she has now emerged. Weirdlly sighted a large percentage of...
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    Newbie help please ...low stores what sort of sugar sugar I feed?

    thank you for help...mission complete bees fed!
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