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With respect, the question has been answered many times. Those of us who have been around a while have answered them already. If beginners perused the past replies, they'd find the answer. It gets a bit tedious answering the same point after a while.

Keep them. The fact that they still have RJ left in the cell shows that they didn't eat it all in the larval stage. In the pupal stage, they stop eating so they didn't need all they had been given and there was a surplus. I have reared some excellent queens that ate all of their RJ as larvae...

You can't tell, just by looking at them, if they are worker/drone eggs, so, wait until they are sealed. If you see sealed worker brood, you know that there is a mated queen in there somewhere - you just haven't seen her. If they are sealed drone drone brood, shake them out.

Yeah, but you'd have to wait until you could open colonies to do that. You can do a natural mite drop as soon as they've broken cluster - even on a sh*tty day like we've had most of this spring.

If you are keeping track of natural mite drop, it has to cover the footprint of the hive - otherwise you may only be monitoring part of the cluster

Mrs B+ has a Masters degree in Medicinal Chemistry and worked 17 years in ethical pharmaceuticals - so, she knows her stuff. Combine that with our family history and her own treatment for bee sting reactions, we had no problem with getting appropriate treatment or referral for desensitisation...

This really isn't the place to seek / deliver medical advice. What's that old saying about asking 5 beekeepers the same question and getting at least 6 different answers? It's far better to discuss medical matters with your doctor.

They will be fed by nurse bees through the bars of the cage. You don't need to provide anything more. The requirement to place a few drops of honey and water is only meant for those of us who allow virgins to emerge in an incubator - so she'll have something to sustain her until she is...

No.

I have 2 prescribed, as does my wife and youngest son. Therefore, we have 6 available - renewed every year (they're supposed to have 2 years shelf-life but never do). I have at least 1 nearby at all times - but, if you need one, you need more than 1.

The post is here for anyone who can't find it.

Lots of pollen coming in at the moment. I'm finding whole brood boxes choked with it!

From your description, it sounds like a swarm has already taken up residence. I had one move into empty equipment myself the other day. This nice weather after so much cold/wet weather is perfect for swarms - any colony that was making preparations to swarm couldn't choose a better time to do it...

This is not the place for medical advice.

To the best of my knowledge, there isn't a doctor alive who can say whether someone will suffer an anaphylactic response without evidence. They can give you guidance on likely outcomes in hypothetical situations but they can't - no-one can - give you certainty. Referring to a medical...

My point was: neither you or your friend knew for certain whether the allergy was real or imagined. In any case, some people have no prior indication yet suffer anaphylactic reactions. The risk is always there. I actually have two epi-pens and they are always within easy reach.

My method: 1. Raise brood above a queen excluder, leaving the "tetchy" queen below the excluder. 2. Leave them alone for 9 days until all brood above the excluder is sealed. 3. Lift off the upper box and go through it thoroughly, destroying anything that even looks like a queen cell 4. Introduce...

IRPMO is when people dismiss the risk of allergic reactions. They should be taken very seriously!

In the absence of further information, can we assume that you've given up on the idea?

Out of curiosity, will you provide pedigrees with these inseminated queens?