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Isn’t this debate still open - if hybrid vigour is a thing then the shift in behaviour could be sudden not gradual.

Never on this forum. 🤟

Is there an alternative in a tbh?

A statutory compensation scheme for destroyed hives would make it more no risk. Neil

It doesn’t sound good. 🙁 But suspect know way to know? I have heard of queens cleaning off their marks - so I suppose there’s hope. When are you planning to go in and have a look?

Related: is pH necessarily only how the stuff could be irritant (or effective). Eg. Uric Acid is I believe not a strong acid - it causes its problems (gout) due to it’s crystal structure. I seem to have a different experience of vaping to most - but I’m pretty sure mine don’t like it.

Yep it was quite nasty - they really seemed panicky. Could be the heat as Pargyl says but I think many people report a roar during vaping?

I vapped half of a split this year whilst they were brood-less and it happened the little Perspex window I have was open- seeing them cramming to the far side of the long hive trying to get away from the fumes was quite upsetting.

I’m pretty sure they are.

So her previous, rather leperous, pigmentation now generally darkened - still a bit patchy. Is it commmon that new queens darken in their first few weeks? Neil

Bargain

Would you add a turned handle for £4.50? 🤭😈😉

Cool, at +15 minutes you can get the queen arriving. 😂

Does anyone else think it odd the number of children our prime minister has is secret?

Well if it was me I’d AS them but also pretty new at this (3rd year) so I hesitate to be too definitive with advice - someone else will be along shortly to continue the discussion.

But what about the brood comb - is there space for ongoing laying.

I think most people are going to tell you to assume these are swarm cells and to take the appropriate action to prevent swarm loss. Of the frames drawn out what’s your sense of space - is it packed. I imagine you loose little by artifially swarming them (stand to be corrected) and then...

Ive felt opprobrium as a result of mod intervention only on a couple of occasions (mostly as a result of frustration with Karol’s climate science views to which he is of course entitled bless him 😙). Oh, and once when I used the phrase sod him when offering advice as to dealing with an...

In the end there might not even be a legal remedy in many cases. ☹

Interesting that - do we land at: queen + colony group interests are in only HRH’s drones, but if Q- then it’s more of a free for all. Would still be in everyone’s interests to raise the strongest drones possible though wouldn’t it. I wonder where the evolutionary pressure to prevent worker...