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Thank you..... So many questions......

Hi. We have one full colony and one nuc about 4 weeks since hiving. Loads of questions.... :sorry: The full colony (now, after taking some of the honey off) has nearly a full super of honey left on, plus some honey on edges / tops of brood frames which I am leaving for the winter feed. 1. Is...

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Ah well .... It's all entertainment anywsay :D

Thank you Thymallus. Just what I needed to know.:D

Ask a simple question and it all turns a bit weird I have inadvertantly lit the blue touch paper. Sorry about that!

I think what I am trying to work out is would a full colony and a nuc have the same number of bees, on average, in the middle of winter. ie. When numbers are reduced naturally as the go into winter, does a big colony end up with the queen and roughly the same numbers of workers as a smaller...

Just wondering, as the title suggests....Does the eventual winter cluster size and hence number of bees depend on how big the colony was in the summer? Does a colony that takes up two brood boxes in early summer have the same number of bees in midwinter as one that takes up only one brood box...

They will diet next week - its going to rain a lot ;D

Hebeegeebee / einsteinagogo - I spoke to the supplier and he says nobody else has had a problem and he was using them himself with no trouble. He did offer a return and refund, but they seem quite useful so will keep them and file the other 5 out that I bought. Has anyone else tried them with...

Thank you for the link dn170221 . That is interesting. The 3.7mm slots were obviously too small - they were full of dead stuck bees this morning... Before I took a file to them. 4.2 / 4.3. Seems to be correct.

Hi all. I have just purchased some of those 4 way entrance disc things. The ones that are circular with 90 degree parts - closed, air vent, queen excluder (includer) and fully open. I tried one on a new hive with a swarm yesterday and turned it to queen excluder mode, but the workers couldn't...