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Nobody asked him to raise one from drone eggs did they

It was asked so I answered my opinion based on the information given what could be taking place and that's my perogative as a member of this forum. If people don't like it then maybe report me

Look up migratory beekeeping by anual rotation on YouTube. Plenty of beekeepers much better than me do it with years of experience handed down generations. Queens can and do enter hives they didn't originate from. Swarms enter hives and ball queens to

Fresh eggs have nothing at all to do with it also bees can try to make queen cells from eggs that would become drones. If they can't smell a queens pheromone they will roar

Oh so I suppose that queen that entered one of my hives that was a laying worker hive came from thin air last week and all the beekeepers who put queen exluders over entrances to stop other queens entering are all stupid. Maybe I should have said a queen that was coming back from a mating flight...

Maybe a virgin entered the hive killed the queen Maybe maybe she got balled and another queen from another hive went in there. I suppose that's not possible?

Maybe a virgin from another hive entered the hive killed the queen and now she took the hive for herself. Could still be on mating flights. Could also be mated. Leave then for a week see what happens but I'd knock those cells to one. If that's the case she could be a small queen. Hard to find...

Are the bees roaring as if queenless? Do you have any other hives or splits on site requeening? Have you looked for an unmarked queen?

I agree in the heat of the day when all forages are out

Well that depends on the situation and what equipment he has spare. It could help him and others now and in the future. The principal is the same for frames or a super they don't like empty voids in the brood chamber so usually draw it. If they have 2 broods with enough bees to fill them they...

Checked all my hives and splits, big job in this heat. Also checked a swarm I collected the other day and found a nice plump marked queen. I was worried I could've harmed her when I vacuumed her up but she's fine. Now I'll have to select them a nice big 14x12 frame of emerging brood to help her...

look up creamed honey 😉

Where does he live is the flow on? Where is his hive located? Bees can sometimes be backfilling broods and still be reluctant to draw a super for a verioty of reasons. Unless you've looked in his hive you don't know. I can have a hive that can't fill one super above the brood but if it's drawn...

To maximise yeilds. Osr normal flows in area without much competition and heather. I wouldnt get that without moving them around because of competition from other beekeepers and my own hives. Well not if I didn't want to leave them without

Or when you feed them to get frames drawn

I've just got 22 frames drawn from one hive in 4 days 11 frames I gave to a split the other 11 is now half full of nectar on top along with another brood 80% full of honey. It now has 4 broods 2 filling with honey. One under the excluder one not. I checkerboarded the frames and forced them to...

One thing I will add is that not all queen excluders are good. I can have one type on one hive and the honey the bees put in the super is minimal I can change that excluder and it's full in a few days. Wired excluders are the best in my opinion

That depends on location competition and the queen. If you move locations up to 3 times anything up to 200lbs is possible. Some have had more I believe

Sandwich it between your two broods until nearly drawn then put it back up top with excluder on. You may have some frames layed out but it's fast for getting it drawn. Much better done at start of the season though. Once it has honey in it the bees will get the idea. If you don't want to have...

Very true I have a customer who has three broods of bees from a three frames of bees took late last season from one of my late splits that queened really late. He took it as a gift because his nuc swarmed multiple times. Now he has a good hive. He done what I told him this season and he is about...