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They seem to be chucking out drones in one hive and the other right next door is has a uncapped fully charged queen cell, and they both had supercedure queens in July (old queens 1 year old), Was just about to put apidguard on, might be wise to wait, but weather will be against me (thats the...

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You have the option, if you think that they will need it to place the super underneath the brood box for the winter. You may find them untouched come April. How is the brood pattern looking? How many frames of brood do you have?

7 supers, thats fantastic;)

Thanks all for your great assistance and Keith especially for the lovely pics:)

Many thanks all for the replies....... I am going to try and enter it. I will post how I get on. ;)

excellent, I saw same thing earlier this year, never seen it before, very cool:cool:

:smash:c mon guys, i know it is dinner time, should I spin or not. There is a single line of empty cells down both edges on both sides and between 6-12 empty corner cells on bottom corners, so I know it nots perfect, but not seen a show yet, so not sure how perfect it perfectly should be! If...

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How perfect does a frame of sealed honey for show have to be??? Does every single cell have to be capped, including corners or is it more than the cappings have to have a lovely uniform white colour? I have one frame that I think might do for saving as I am just about to spin a few other...

3 hives = 23 lbs :angelsad2:

I think PH has said it all, it is hard not to feel despondant with a year like this, and a story like yours Sam,I am sorry it was a difficult time for you, but brace up and get ready and plan ahead for a good next yearbee-smillie good luck everyone for a safe winter

Hi bcb, so you have tasted the good stuff and there is no going back.... How many supers do you have on at the mo? Sounds like an unusual site, what about a pic? The way things are looking this year, beekeepers would do well to get any take off, let alone 2 or 3 takes off! yes some people...

:smilielol5:yes indeed we are, hehehe

yep saw that!

he was trying to get in and is now leaving! http://streetend.dyndns.org

:nature-smiley-016:put them up here

:iagree: 77 1bs last year,(2 hives) one more hive this year ( 3 hives) and only 23 lbs, and little hope of any more before end of september.