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    Queen found in supers

    Took the supers off one hive yesterday - one frame had a bit of drone brood, which had me puzzled - and at the end found a small queen walking around the table I had been using as the clearing area. The brood box has a queen and she's laying away. Could a small queen squeeze up through the...
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    Overwintering nucs

    Thinking about overwintering a couple of wooden nucs; what is the optimum amount of bees and stores i should have. I have a couple of nucs with laying queens at the moment; one with around a seam and a half of bees and the other other with barely a seam.
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    Shape of the nest

    Busy year - both hives demareed, one twice. Early this am our prolific queen (the 2 x demareed) was off - but only got as far as the entrance - clipped wandering around on the ground...and chickens still in their coop! It's under control this year at least! Question really is about the...
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    How to make a new queen?

    A fellow beekeeper had a drone laying queen, which was destroyed. A new marked and clipped queen was put in. Yesterday (a week later) we discovered another queen in there - not clipped or marked and no sign of the marked queen. The thought is that the new marked queen was killed by the...
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    To super or not?

    It's a lovely day in Dublin and the bees in both hives very busy - to super or to wait? Thoughts please!
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    4 weeks from swarm, and no brood - should I worry?

    My hive swarmed 4 weeks ago today. I missed one QC as we had a cast too (which we managed to collect). I inspected 7 days ago when and there were no eggs or larvae. I left it a week till today, hoping that we would find BIAS - they have been bringing pollen in... But disappointingly...
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    First swarming experiences - any thoughts?

    Hi Just as a learner any thoughts on my first swarming experiences would be appreciated! Swarm 2nd June - lost! 5th June - Opened up and broke down all but one QC 9th June checked and only saw the one big QC....which should have hatched 10th June? Hoped all would be well and she would make...
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    Help please!

    Would appreciate any advice on today's challenges! OH has successfully trapped a cast from my hive and has it in a box upside down on the lawn. When can he close it up - it's propped up a bit at the moment? Do we have to wait till this evening to hive it - if it stays!! Thank you all!
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