Recent content by Paula S

I have another question about a Queen. These girls!! I have one who was new last year, lived in a healthy hive and came through the winter beautifully. I made a successful split from her hive this spring. Last week I did a newspaper combine of her hive which was only one brood box because of...

I am trying to raise queens in a Queen Castle (QC). Into each of the 4 slots of the QC I put a frame that had a Queen Cell on it that had been created after I had notched a cell as for On The Spot (OTS) Queen rearing and a frame of resources. At some point a few weeks later, I saw one Q in one...

What exactly do you recommend for the quick spray? I've seen suggestions of vanilla sugar and menthol candies. What is the mention of air freshener from Enrico, (see above), about?

I am relatively new, what’s all this talk about fabric softener? When? Why? What does it do?