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    drawing frames

    jep may couples wont harm, depends colony's strength, pollen flow insert or your feed(syrup+patties) and as above post said you may and produce more bees for winter but then ll those young bees be able transform in diutinus bees or no , will be there enough pollen to be fed for that or no if no...
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    drawing frames

    if they can ,if ve been fed and gained tissue ,pollen flow is on parallel to nectar (or patties?) , nectar alone is just energy drink not them food if they need they ll backfilling , as flow goes on, heavier, more and more bees ll foraging and the more foragers less nursing ...
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    questionable teaching or not?

    ve to consider many factors that related to nutrition-demography and the right timing inside a colony plants with nurses run the hives not Q wish be many ''teachers'' out there point out about nutrition-trophallaxy and basics bee biology and what means for colony population and demography...
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    newspaper unite question

    doing it evening but even next couple days ll loose foragers, you loose something but thats one of the purposes of the movement, weaken the queenless of foragers jep putting above newspaper any hive moved from its stand will almost keep most of its foragers till uniting happen i think it went...
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    newspaper unite question

    for me supers go uppermost Q+ on its stand goes direct above newspaper Q- , meaning its strong enouf and not far weaker than Q- so as can go down
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    newspaper unite question

    sry me dont understand whats the prefer or opposite way? as palmer explained you move Q-box from its stand (exclude from its most foragers,yep you loose something, them back to the old stand) and bottom it on new one(safe the Q on top) if Q- has open brood they most probably make QCs no matter...
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    newspaper unite question

    https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/some-observations-two-days-after-newspaper-unite.53144/post-830808
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    The saga of the rotten hives!

    dis brood worry
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    Solstice

    solstice is the birth of dark and light summer solstice the birth of dark and winter of light , its the cyrcle of life and for bees the cyrcle of brood which follows it while equinox is about who ll lead the battle ,dark or light and so all together the birth of the seassons for bees equinox has...
  10. M

    How to stop the spread?

    e drones do pass the immunity not Q , if anything is for selective breeding , drones is Q is for non selective raise, like when bad ... and the horse ll drink
  11. M

    Alighting Boards

    if any of horizontal, vertical, oblique surface can accelerates the landing by minimize the risk of mid-air collisions and thus of traffic congestion could offer a collective advantage to a colony perhaps a too large surface in relation to bees body, bee may loses the target of entry and also...
  12. M

    Cleaning solid floors

    if is to open the entrance block do it cold days not warm days warm air is ussual dry thus harder for the open brood keep its humidity whith hot air try reach hive's top , maybe the beard bees do outside hive is open passageways to circulate better the cool air from ventilated bees or maybe...
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    Keeping cool in a suit

    bees produce sounds( wings,Q song?) and also vibrations mosty in combs (dancing?) but also may flowers vibrate? so they detect the air-particle movements associated with airborne sounds depends the frequencies of vibration and sound waves
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    How to stop the spread?

    i think australia is fortified and them defence (the purple hive project) is really wow well, will feel really sorry for them if spread around dont wish for but ll feel also ''happy'' for us(dont get me wrong pls) cause you know the more peepl more universities/studies/resources, new...
  15. M

    Prolific pollen gatherers

    no worries i like that pun its the start of everrything
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    Prolific pollen gatherers

    i think you are in a perfect bee brood orb nest with pollen perimetre (upsidedown) pollen is blessing more when polychrome , ya can freez them but each month losses its power thats why bees insure pollen cells with nectar so as bee bread will continue to be fermented , its the most valued bee...
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    Some observations two days after newspaper unite.

    guess may some info missing here i think that this paper talks about makin a nuc from same colony above(QE) and you use next day the double screen but with entrance (snelgrove?) so as separate in nuc the forages(will go back to bottom entrance and box) and nurse bees that nuc will keep and whom...
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    Some observations two days after newspaper unite.

    jep foragers are the most difficult bees accept a new Q and new nurse bees , your way do all this separation and also keep all the Q+ foragers who through them pheromones ll unite bees in ''peace''
  19. M

    Dead Bees for sale

    true or not that fiction may awake sensitivity educated peepl about pollination,how important is and the importance role of bees but also the dangers and then understand why you ve to rise up the prices and realize that its not just honey what them buy and also farmers realize it what bees means...
  20. M

    Another show and tell poser

    jep my hypothesis about chilled brood due to demaree was wrong got it when wrote that cb was there before but got confused with no and where it go so thnks for the answer - Q change -
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