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ee see above pls and also 'no' and Q change confuses me :) no, its not genetic?then why change Q ,is it Q spread it or nurse bees from combs?as you said you made a nuc that after seems heals itself and started clean it before new Q mate and lay that means bees had already the hygiene traits so...

may dunno , never had any issues with cb thats why asked (what causes it more ?cool temps?flow stop?humidity?bad quality feeding? but if it temps change then in my eyes demarree has that danger (brood cold) it has to be done in a period before swarm meaning not stable temps so need bees can...

when first begun due to my agnorance , sensitivity , refusal? .........i was thought that i can nurse bees better than others do chem treats and so what i did without know it was ''live and let it die'' and had good years and bad years with looses and survivals also , looses are more but...

it may seems macabre this advertising but it can be used for good sometimes we peepl need to see death to raise awareness , included us the beekeepers but more to all those who only know the Einstein phrase about bees and nothing else about bees and the danger them in to kinda like how black...

so it was not genetic?( Queen) but due to ''dangers'' of demaree method cause of bad weather ?(brood cold) or flow stop? which thing you think stopped the spread?new combs? new Q?hive change? open floor? feeding ?stop feeding?

jep test frame will do the job no need more action

thats quite lot of them just for couple cells... perhaps you need do a check/test mite in main box also and if you threat for varroa may it is for good that them making new Q giving the oportunity to do one when em become broodless

maybe its cause beekeepers (and them families?) exposed in venom and other hive's odor from clothes/suit/gloves/tools/car.... smell it for long period without got stung ?

i dont like picture one those deads with no feathers

paint white ya metal roof or and put insulation/foam and above metal roof so as cover the metal from sun

if bees can collect something from canabis plant that is propolis resin

i think a reason maybe them give up laying is the worker brood smell/pheromones so it might works if you shaken em(just for the shock?) but in them return in hive find a brood worker frame with eggs also you put in alongside with any store frames them had but not them laying frames and either...

mostly use cutted swarm cells for queens and i prefer do it from dark queens colonies when em show swarm cells,then AS mother colony, makin nucs from other colonies with capped brood and when cells sealed transfer em(what is the negative is that i do no ve plan it and sometimes ve to go back...

well i no trust a closed emergency Qcell(maybe except if its real beauty,large/strong wax with white shades) but i can trust un open one if larva is on its right days and full with bright jelly cause excuse me but you know grafting are also emergency cells but we ve chosen put in the right...

dis shadow on box

well dunno but what ve seen so far is that them more defensive when Q just mated or just started layin (maybe until establish her reign?) than when them ve virgin or Qcells

what floor ? solid or mesh?

in my experiment this late winter/early spring, transformed from lang to national and to foundationless when put 1 or 2 foundationless frames in strong colonies with already decent amount of worker brood frames them mostly draw them most part drone/cell also them did the same in the side gap...

wax moth cocoons eatin/clean wood when nothin else left

if Q is old enough (3rd year plus) but am pleased with her and want keep her gens i nuc her but if shes younger ( 1st or 2nd y old mostly but sometimes ve kept and 3rd y old) and she real good (as yours as you describe in double brood box) i then do artificial swarm/pagden , i like follow as...