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when I got drone brood in worker brood then I dismantle the colony. I brush frames and distribute then amongst other colonies. The worker will be accepted in other colonies. There is no time to waste to keep a drone laying worker colony. It's better to create a new one from a good colony than...

In order to favorize comb construction I do : - mix drawn combs and new frames. - feed with homemade sirup (50:50) water/sugar powder. - no queen excluder - bottom board covered to keep good temperature. - then continue to feed, feed and feed and don't disturb them anymore

putting stores below brood box is a very bad idea because of looting. If a colony is looted then it happen sometimes that the queen and other bees are killed by looters during fights. You can see looting indice with wax debris at the entrance or torn wax frames.

Rapeseed, Phacelia, Mustard, Echium, Borago, Aster, Verbesina Alternifolia, Sainfoin, Melilot, ... Front of the hive is a shitodrom don't plant up to 2 meters in front.

I have closed hive entrances to prevent this happening.

When you got to find several queens and mark them, a dozen of clip catchers are a must have. bare hands and clip catchers are great.

use a Clip Catcher to get the queen, not your finger !

leather gloves are not good, you can't wash them properly, get rubber gloves!

Damp roof is a good sign, your bees are alive! Its better to have a damp roof top than having the condensation in the hive body

if you can afford it, and do it quicky Buy : a langstroth nuc hive (half langstrosth width). plastic frames for your new langstroth nuc hive. a queen clipper a queen marker pencil. sugar fondant prepare frames : put some fondant in plastic combs with a mason tool, put frames in nuc hive Brush...

As I said http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=16913&page=5 Keep some b**ches at the entrance!

nice idea, will try heat gun this summer !

fork is for heather and some other difficult honey I think.

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