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I would not buy second hand just in case. EFB is considered endemic by some and many beeks don't know that they have got it until the colony is far down the line.

Eternally grateful for the smoking bans in pubs and restaurants. Nice not to have the wash your hair after going out!

Quinby - for our students

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My production colonies were at "front of house". One colony seemed to exhibit stressed behaviour running back and forth at the entrance as they do when queenless!!!

Well, that's a job and a half then! I put a QX between a double brood to keep the queen laying in the bottom box. Queen cells in top box at the next inspection. Footprint pheromones from the queen are extremely important to prevent emergency queen cells.

There is a tendency for queen cells to be built in the top box of a Demaree which induces the queen to swarm in the bottom box. The super/s were introduced to make space between the "colonies" and reducing the risk of the queen in the bottom box swarming. I am aware that some people will say...

I don't know what the other frames are like, but there seems to be very little capped brood and larvae. If it is due to lack of nurse bees then it is all for nothing.

Just what I was thinking and I am not a cat person. My hazel is not far behind!

1. Since you do not mark your queens you cannot be sure it is the original one. 2. Lack of nurse bees? 3. Very spotty brood pattern - I would open some sealed brood.

Hefted my hives and they seem fine. Woke up a queen wasp in my microscopy room.

Belated birthday greetings. xx

Is she still there?

Royal jelly is a complex compound, consisting of water (50%–60%), proteins (18%), carbohydrates (15%), lipids (3%–6%), trace minerals, water-soluble vitamins, free amino acids, and many other less well-characterized compounds (Nagai and Inoue, 2004).

The bees dilute the honey in readiness for brood rearing and place it close to or in the brood nest. The added water makes the hive heavier temporarily.

I guess it is a combination of having gone from wooden to poly hives (better insulated) and hearing loss due to ageing.

Diluted honey in readiness for brood rearing.

That is good to know for the future as I can just about hear them at the moment. It does not help having them in poly hives though.

Since the thread has digressed somewhat, guess what, I never felt the need to start smoking in the first place. Well, let's hope that is the New Year's resolution for many a young person. I remember my father in law asking why he was dying of lung cancer and he had been smoking cigars for at...

I have proof of finding the virgin, the mated queen still in the hive during/after what most beeks would call a mating swarm. Most beeks would not look would they? They sit there pontificating in their Trumpian manner like you do that it must be a mating swarm.