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Maybe there was a shift in the energy lines? James

My bees are in cedar hives and doing very nicely, I certainly wouldn't draw any conclusion about box type and losses, especially when...

not 'absconding' but bog standard winter dwindle - could be a variety of reasons, not going in to winter strong enough, poor feeding...

@FidoDido when a swarm comes it will look like this: You get initial scout bees. They convince more scouts. These convince more...

Yes it is a simply strategy that betters brood and half by a country mile, the same loooking for QC's between boxes to assess swarming...

I started to work double brood boxes last year. I had thought about it in previous years but twice the amount of work ant inspection put...

I think a lot of LBKA thinking and advice and the myth around drones is based on how some keep the given bee strain and the constraints...

I'd leave them as they are for another two weeks. It's possible there was a supersedure queen somewhere (perhaps flying). I've found...

I charge the same for a kg. of Bakers'. :)

I currently do a 1kg plastic tub for £22 which sell extremely well at this time of the year.

It's an option that converts nest shape from a pumpkin to a rugby ball and achieves the aim to expand the nest in both directions...

Simply keeping on double brood will allow space in early spring , strong queens have then the extra room they need to buy the apiarist...

Yes, I like it: absolute minimum. Even less can be appropriate: if you take the CB off and find a colony bursting with bees, no need...

Ha! As I've said before, anything south of Scotch Corner is Europe... I've seen lots of Army in that area which I presume is Border...

Sorry about the delay in responding I was out doing splits and extracting