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Hi welcome Whereabouts in Ireland?

inspection 22nd May ( national hive 1 brood box)- q seen(marked 2011), 4 frames of brood, eggs/larvae/sb- brood pattern very good. inspection 4th June +13 days (was delayed due to weather conditions) 4 frames of brood,eggs/larvae/sb. 4 supercedure cells. 3 closed, one open and empty with...

What were they like at the last inspection. Gone, what all gone? And no sign ever of charged queen cells?

yep thats what I have done. super on, test frame in and 2 drawn out frames. But my question is why when they had 4 frames of brood and enough stores and still space, that they didnt try to superse if she was not quite right. You see the weather was nt great then( has only been sunny here for a...

thanks for the replies. I have also just added a frame of bias from another hive as eggs last seen on 11th may when she was on 4.5 frames on brood and when inspecting on 22nd done to patchy sealed brood no eggs/no larvae but enough stores and plenty of room. Queen has been since at every...

this will be her second year, she was going to go at the end of the summer. Have given them 2 frames of draw in the centre of brood box yesterday, and today will go and put a super on now. Funny thing is before this flow I was not ready to super on only 4 frames of brood. Cant see any reason...

no I dont think, no brood, just mostly uncapped stores, they had space for brood before they just filled it. I have to give her more room NOW, but i wonder if she will lay even with more room. They seem to think she is ok.

2nd may- 4 1/2 frames of brood, stores on 4 frames- drone cells capped/lots of pollen coming in 11th may- 4 1/2 frames of brood, eggs seen. 22nd may (delayed inspection) q seen, 4 patchy sealed brood, no eggs, no larvae, had pollen and stores. thought she might be off lay, gave pint or so of...

managed to check all, had to run and dash to fit inspections in with the very changeable weather, from one extreme to another, all doing ok,BIAS, building up slowly. Planning for increases if all stays ok. supers are ready and waiting for the off! finger crossed;)

Now that would be interesting to know!:)

:willy_nilly:Hurry up and order your frames - TODAY!

Hi beesandsheep plans on hold at the mo as I received a very very expensive quote for a basic block structure. You seem to have looked in to it more than I have as I was just thinking about getting a suitable external structure up. And then worry about the internal specs! It was the right...

:laughing-smiley-004:laughing-smiley-004Just one to the marigold last week - lucky or what!

yes I would agree with all the above. Good luck.

ok, presumed supersedure? (year old queen) no noticeable decline in bee population.

so far, supercedure=3 / emergency=1 / half/half=1 / sealed queen cells=1

thats a good one "swarmycedure" mbc. Thats def a new term.not worthy;);)

14th june. prev 2 inspections a couple of empty play cups. The position of them doesnt always give a definative answer to what they might be, does it?

Last years pic. (hope this attaches) What do you think?:rolleyes:

wore a dark brown one year before last and now off white one, couldnt see any difference in the reception from the bees.