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How's The Bees VM

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If your hive is bursting with bees and you remove the supers you will surely have an overcrowded hive unless you put something back on top until the colony starts reducing down in size but personally I think its a tad early. Do you not have Ivy later?

On average the same as any other year

24 hours or less sometimes

Maisies all day long, there isn't a bad thing about them

The fishing line is not a waste of time but I have only ever used it with full frame foundations, as others have said you will probably get some drone but that's not always a bad thing

The only way to fully understand what has happened is for you to get in there and have a look

Prime or cast

I have two Swienty 14X12 BB's running for two years now and honestly I see no difference in over wintering, build up, and working them. It might be a different story if I lived further North. Would I buy another, probably not as I like cedar hives because they are east to scorch clean and are of...

If you are removing supers make sure the bees have enough room and not over crowded. It is good practice to add an empty super/s below the supers to be cleared before, or at the same time as you put the escape boards on

My thoughts

I'm still excited Welcome to the forum

With 3 hives buy the cheapest, if it doesn't work send it back

I could think of worst hives to keep bees in

:yeahthat:

https://entomologytoday.org/2014/05/16/east-african-honey-bees-are-resilient-to-varroa-mites-and-nosema/ Interesting read

Place a nuc on top of the post, open the lid and remove most of the frame, scoop the bees with your two hands and empty them into the nuc, replace the frames gently not to crush any bees, place the lid or crown board on leaving a small gap, return at dusk to seal them up

bees will seek every available space to build comb