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I would of like the replacement bait hive for a day, just so as not to create confusion

I had a nuc that was failing to advance and had it marked down for requeening. When I went down this morning with a virgin that had just hatched in the incubator I can across her daughter which I had missed on the spring inspection. She must of superseded late last year and failed to mate...

you have a queen in the hive, but not from that cell

move them this evening to the bottom of the garden and lean a plank of timber at an angle against the hive, so that when the bees take a flight in the morning they see something different and take a new location bearing. there will be a few bussing around the old spot for a while but they will...

My brothers bees are the same and he said, he seen them working the buttercup and they are covered in pollen. He is going to try and get a photo this evening

some of my bees have been coming in covered with orange pollen for the last week. I know that its suppose to be dandelion, but as far as I can see its completely finished around here. Any other suggestions.

Over 30 hives in my home apiary and they were foraging up to about 9.30. not in huge numbers but still working away.

Don't be silly finman. No relevance all

Yes, and even the royal family came from Germany, so how long to you have to be resident in a county to be called native or local.

we are still waiting on the hawthorn to come into bloom over here. the first few flowers are starting to show but not much

nest full of eggs. I have a 5 nest boxes in the small orchard where I keep my bees. 4 of them have tits occupying them . One with 10 eggs and another 2 with 8 and the other are too awkward to check what's in them. these eggs have since hatched and the parents are feeding them hard. they are...

hawthorn pollen here is some hawthorn pollen

Average minimum and maximum temperature over the year for ireland. My bees start to fly at about 9c and are actively foraging at about 13c but it not till the temps hit between 15 to 18*c that the hive starts to explode with bee activity. If there is a wind chill then this changes. If we were to...

She should look like this, but they do vary from dark brown to black http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=8520&stc=1&d=1369088983

some more

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its looks like an emergency queen cell as its very small. I would be suspicious that you somehow killed the queen and they are trying to replace her. Have another look into the hive and check for open brood and eggs. If you can find neither then your queen has gone and you are in trouble . I...

They have a late season young queen and are on about 9 frames of commercial brood. Combs are fully drawn out in the second brood box and the main reason is for maximum bees to replace winter losses and any extra honey would be a bonus.

I have a couple of hives that are getting strong and I want to put on a double brood box so I can get the bees numbers up and then do a few splits. I haven't done it that much before and any time I have done so I have but the second brood box on top of the original. I was talking to a Romanian...