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Thanks Redwood I was aware of this but am trying to ascertain what the expected revolutions on th the shaft ie the driven wheel you would expect to use on a radail extractor(max) would 120rpm be more than sufficient. I have nothing to go by as I have been given shaft with the brackets attached...

Has anyone any idea what the rpm of a radial extractor would expect to be. I have been offerred motor and gear box for my extractor. I know its powerful enough to drive my 9 frame radial but am unsure if the rpm is sufficient.

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No dont feed for 3 days, then as much you want to give them.

My apologigies I had not realised you meant such a small change but rather a significant increase in frame numbers so essentially you have changed to the dimensions of a a commercial hive without increasing the depth. I regularly put 12 frames into my commercials, if you want to maintain the...

Perhaps if you had doubled up previously and given the queen sufficient laying space they might have swarmed in the first place I believe in the states Q/E's are a rarely used and the queen is allowed to expand into the boxes she needs to. I am not saying they have got it right but hey ho.

You may even cut a small square of eggs, or 1-3 day old lava and scrape one side clear and leave that peice resting across two top bars the cells are thus orientated to be queen cells.

Whats the point now your supers are incompatable? If there short of brood space either give them a second brood box or nove them onto commercial frames and brood boxes or if you haven't already move to extra deeps.:hairpull::hairpull::hairpull:

I charge shop outlets £4.50 going up to £4.80 this year and they have sold between £6.50-90 and that's Hertfordshire

You could always catch the queen and put her in a nuc box with some of her retinue and let her get on with it there. The only thing is that this may cause more angst in the now queenless hive , but worth considering. Is it possible that they are feeding on a monocrop such as rape. Many have...

Almost certainly she has been out on a thoroughly successful flight enjoyed herself immensely and what you see is what remains of the now dead suitor's genatalia

It would be a safer procedure to introduce her with some attendants to a nucli and then unite. this has the useful benifit of leavng the QCs in the hives and actually they may also hatch in between times then you could place those queens on apidea wait for three or so hours and then unite nucli...

Quite favourable. if anyones going to its her. Heres an anicdotal story for you, some years ago I had a couple of Apidia on a low wall each had a new laying queen in it. I went out one morning and came back to one of these Apidea Absolutely overwhelmed by what must have been a swarm that had...

Have you considered that the old queens pheramones maybe depleted and putting up queen cells may have been the colonies way of protecting itself with a new queen. If you have moved the queen back to the larger hive there is the possibility that with being larger the lack of pheremones maybe...

Quite correct softley but its a good indicator of size and thats all i have to go by dont denigrate others advice, thats all it is based on incomplete information and unlike you I dont know the temperture all over the UK but today has been rather warm where I a am.

If I am not mistaken thats a poly hive and polysuper topped by two wooden supers, they look to be in direct sunlight possibility is that its very warm in there they are just cooling off giving them another super and more space may help as might widening the entrance if possible. Nothing to worry...

Surely you mean SUGAR PUFFS ie cereal with honey

:iagree: You Might also wish considering replacing the swarmy queen This might be achieved by placing the newly created hive on a swarm board(a crown board with raised sides and an entrance) immediately above the existing hive this facilitates unification it also requires that you have only one...

quite correct I hadnt realised you meant the width of the side bars, however if you dont use the dadant side bars in the dadant box you are going to require to put a dummy board in to take up the space saved 11* 3mm not quite enough for another frame