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  1. The bees knees honey

    Extended release OAV

    I used these last year to bleach the wood abelo recommended 4 for 6 weeks but they said they can be left in over winter.
  2. The bees knees honey

    Drone laying queen

    The colony are making emergency queen cells I'm guessing they know best and I should look at replacing the queen do you think I'm right.
  3. The bees knees honey

    Drone laying queen

    Thank you will give her a bit more time
  4. The bees knees honey

    Drone laying queen

    I carried out a split that produce a good size queen looks like she has been laying for a week or so. There are a quite number of capped drone brood cells with a few capped worker cells and lots of eggs Should I get rid of her or give her another week or so
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    OA strips or apivar strips.

    I'm just about to make a couple of nucs up theres no obvious sign of mites in the main hive but is it worth putting a OA strip in the nucs that I make up.
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    No queen

    No for some reason iv been unable to log into the site until yesterday so did not see the replies from other people. Will give it a go next time as I did have a few in the middle that didn't look the best. Luckily some good eggs at the bottom. Just need her to hatch and get mates fingers crossed
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    No queen

    I checked yesterday and they had built and capped of six nice big queen celks iv knocked them back to just two at the bottom of the frame.
  8. The bees knees honey

    No queen

    Just put a frame in with eggs will see what happens.
  9. The bees knees honey

    No queen

    Thanks all
  10. The bees knees honey

    No queen

    Hi all I need advice again. I have a hive that is queenless I found the queen on the floor a few weeks ago, iv checked to see if there is a new queen but no signs. While I'm awaiting the delivery of a new queen how do I stop them producing laying workers.
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    Dead queen on floor

    Will have a look and see what's going on. It is the strongest hive out of the 4 that I have.
  12. The bees knees honey

    Dead queen on floor

    Thanks I was hopping that might be the case Should I have a look see what's going on or leave it a few days.
  13. The bees knees honey

    Dead queen on floor

    Iv just found my marked last years queen dead on the floor outside the hive. Iv not looked in the hive as yet any thoughts on what has happened and should I open the hive or leave it for a while thanks
  14. The bees knees honey

    Too early for swarm traps?

    Will get making free bees are always welcome.
  15. The bees knees honey

    Too early for swarm traps?

    Should traps be filled with frames or just 1 or 2 iv seen people do it both ways but not sure what's the best, any thoughts
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