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Thanks. Makes sense. Should I move more bees to the queened colony or just leave them? Thanks again

Hello again from a very nervous 3rd year beekeeper here in the North of Italy. If you followed my previous threads you'll know that I was watching my one hive very closely determined to avoid swarming this year. Well, the hive went from a bursting population of bees but zero QCs to about 15...

Morning all. Are these queen cell cups? About 5 were found on one frame of stores this morning. They are still empty. Thank you 😊

Hello from Italy again. As advised by you during my last post, I put a super on last Sunday to give them more room and delay potential swarming. I was really surprised today to see the super completely full of bees. Last year was my first crop and the super was frames with just Foundation so...

Very scary

Fantastic. Thank you so much. Love this forum. Always manages to cheer me up! 😊😊. Should I feed the smaller colony? Both? Thanks again

Hello, as mentioned I want to attempt my first split in a couple of weeks. Question I have is due to space limitations, can I move the queen into a new hive literally next to the original one? I read all sorts of scary advice on the net including the need to move the queen and some stores 3-4...

Hello from Italy again. I will be using supers this year from which I extracted the first crop last year. They are in decent shape, clean and dry but the wax looks and feels very brittle to the touch. Is this ok and they will just get on with rebuilding or could there be a problem? Thank you all

I am using a Dadant Blatt hive. I will put a super on tomorrow morning. Thanks

Yes I'm in the North of Italy so similar weather I imagine. I'm nervous about waiting until July because as mentioned both times they swarmed very early in May. I think I'll wait to see swarm queen cells and then split them. In the meantime I'll put a super on. Thanks

Thanks very much for the quick response as usual! I have a second brood box with Foundation on frames and 4 supers in total. I don't need dozens of hives. Would be happy with 2 strong colonies by the summer. Bees are very calm so another queen from those genetics would be great. I'd like to wait...

Hi from Italy everyone. I started a couple of threads last year regarding swarm prevention. I only have 1 hive and it's swarmed twice over the last two years. This year I am determined to split them. I've started regular inspections and I must say they are looking good. Brood on 9 frames and the...

Both times it was the first week of May

Good morning All, I inspected my hive early February and was surprised to see it bursting with bees! I'm planning to spilt this hive as soon possible to avoid swarming for the third year in a row. It's too cold to do a full inspection for queen cells yet and so I'd like to wait until at least...

Thanks. I will definetely read up on that. I have updated my profile...

Ok good. Thank you 😊

Sorry I thought you meant the Asian giant hornet. I'm not an expert. These are about 1 inch in length and brown and golden in colour

I don't think so. They don't look big enough

Hello all, I did an inspection a week ago and all seemed well. Plenty of fresh and capped brood on at least 8 frames. Lots (LOTS) of bees and a good amount of pollen and nectar so all seems well. I put in a couple of strips of Apivar and closed everything up. Over the last couple of days I...

Looks like the Hilton Hotel of hive stands 👍😊