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They do if enough is fed, just the same as they do when feeding sugar syrup.

No, fondant can be fed at any time of year.

It is most likely the queen that is laying the multiple eggs, she wants to keep laying, but there are not enough bees to cover/take care of the eggs she lays.

Could be a virgin in there... regards using a test comb you only need to put in a small amount of tiny larvae and eggs, even cut a small section out, but if using a frame you can put it back in the hive you borrowed it from after a few days.

Interested in what the outcome of this was last July?

Thank you, would never of guessed that.

Gordon, I don't know what this means?

Yes, you could end up with it costing you nothing, in fact the bees could end up paying for absolutely everything, you keep them... and they keep you.

:iagree:

Fecundity.

Yes.

I will later, only popped home for a cup of tea now, too busy with the bees until this evening.

...or copper.

Seems perfectly clear to me... and the small paragraph immediately underneath should explain it for those that find it unclear.

Much the same, got some that can lay up a whole box in two hours.

Plenty of drones and drone brood over this way as well.

Who knows what was going through the heads of Mobus, et al.

Post 14 and 55 go into the theory of why, seem like it is partly related to food consumption.

Had one for years..... https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=38

Sounds like you made the right decision for yourself if you were spending ages struggling/faffing about with the float and couldn't manage using the feeders without splatting bees. I wouldn't use them either if I suffered with the same problems you do.