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Whats the odds ! lol I hesitated as I thought they might not except her through the front door and hive had two supers on so couldnt open up again the other free hand.

thanks O90O I have been checking that box every few days and has been empty at last check on 30th june. Def seen 4/5 bees entering today so lifted the lid to check and saw the others. I was going to put another 2 frames in as soon as I saw any action around the box which was today. Are you...

Its true! bee-smillie Am having a strange day though, see other thread to see what I did next!!!!

A queen just emerged out of what I thought was a dead queen cell in a q less hive and was picking open out of interest to see at what stage she had died at .... falling to the ground in very long grass ( by me dropping her as one hand was not enough!!!! ( and she was lovely looking) and the...

Thanks Enrico Why did they put the honey there? Those frames were empty and dry before.

Hi all i tried a bait hive this year for the first time. I had it placed for the last 3 or 4 weeks. It is a small nuc size box with drawn and old foundation, 3 frames of such and dummy boards to fill and laced with lemon grass oil. I could not find a place high enough for it an it fell off a...

I know it is very late... but i dont understand ,what does " to check just make up a known sugar solution within the range of our refractometer mean?" thanks

Hi Irishguy. May be she attempted to swarm and fell to the ground outside hive. You are sure there were no empty play cells or queen cells last week that may have been missed? Will you be doing a AS on the other hive?

Thanks all for your replies. yes ratcatcher I agree. I followed someone elses AS method, which now seems to just be a way to make an increase ( not a great way at that! )or not as may have swarm from original hive :eek: I wasnt sure it made sense, but I followed...

clipped, yes.

Hi tonyatcwfarm yes there are few variations on a AS. I was told that this was the simplest method!. Supers got moved with the old queen and "new" hive on old site with 1 c q cell got syrup the next day.

I had this hive with a red june 2013 queen marked and clipped.. Was on 7frames bias and not great temperament. on 23rd may - 2 x empty play cells. on 30th may - few empty play cells, one charged - Artificial swarm performed. present queen/stores/pollen/bias/+few new foundation frames moved to...

Hi Irishguy. If you want to hold on to what you have, I'd check.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/16/bees-topshop-london-victoria-street_n_5336184.html?icid=maing-grid7|ukt1|dl1|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D265151 :calmdown::calmdown:

watch itv now, beekeeping info.

Is the extractor sold? thanks Burren

All :welcome: Banner Beekeepers Association of Co Clare, Ireland will be holding their 3rd Annual Conference on "Bee Improvement and Queen Rearing" in The Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, Co Clare on Sunday 3rd February 2013. We have several excellent speakers including Keith Piece, John Donoghue...

no 3. 21-40lbs

no, might be wise to give a quick feed before apiguard treating.