Recent content by Peter Vanstone

The first year I have noticed them.they make a cocoon in the corner of crown board.They mature inside of plum fruit,in my case it must be sloes.But quite a walk.

And the cost would be extremely high and beekeepers are well known for being carefull with money.

Yes.never used drone foundation in my life.

Thanks for your help,

I am sorry l missed it could you repeat it for me,l am not good with computers.l am a beginner,l will go back through and see if l can find the answer.l thought it can’t be common or l would have seen it.the condition that is.

This has nothing to do with knowledge.we are heading into mind games do you remember the original question,how often does a hive in this condition happen,it’s not knowledge just a question.

Nothing to do with me it was fact.

There were two spinster beekeepers near here who thought the sbi’s took them,maybe the same ladies who on being asked by the SBI,did you pour the petrol in last night levelled the shot gun at him and said,you are not killing our bees.He rang the office for instructions,they said for goodness...

I I think she stays inside and gets looked after.does she go out to remate.or a second marriage in the blue azure as the poet puts it,that is commented on some times,who knows,l am off to feed bees on the west side did have lots of food but ate them selves out of house and home,nearer Tiverton...

I don’t think mated or unmated matters,say my drones were laid 20 April.six weeks back from that my queen was a pretty young thing no drones about and bad weather,she was infertile,she left the hive with a fair swarm,or as a barren queen she left a hive as a hunger swarm,or she was ejected from...

Top grade Thorne’s.l use nothing else.

Thankyou for the help.

Some people think,wax moth larvae go on a walk about at night,never seen any myself.perhaps the queen does.But seriously the amount of work some people give the bees to clear up is unbelievable.perhaps they draw straws for looking after the queen,as she lives on royal jelly perhaps the work load...

The thinking must be that laying workers must be very young,you would need to dissect there ovaries,perhaps it’s a myth that’s come on from the dark ages,but l still don’t know how common a drone laying swarm queen from the start is.thankyou for the help.