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I have similar set ups. 4 or 5 langstroth boxes per hive with solid floors. About 2 weeks ago I cut small holes in one of the higher boxes about the same size as yours in a couple of the hives. The bees immediately started trying to enlarge the holes by biting chunks out of the polystyrene to...

Is it experience that tells people which trees are giving a nectar flow? I ask because I have dozens and dozens are huge horse chestnut in flower around me and I would love to know if it is yielding any nectar. I am only seeing a very small amount of its red pollen coming in but im not sure that...

Hi, During the winter of 14/15 I lost two colonies which had been badly affected the previous autumn by varroa. I have been sublimating oxalic crystals since. This winter I have been lucky enough for all my hives to emerge unscathed (8). I am however still getting quite a few bees in front of...

The glenn apiaries example of two drones emerging next to each other with different colour eyes is the best example of why drones are not exact copies of each other. edit - Forget my toenail example, glenn apiaries does it better.

Ok, I can explain but this is a great site that probably explains it a lot better than I can. http://www.glenn-apiaries.com/genetic_aspects_queen_production_1.html Click on the blue link at the bottom to continue reading. Briefly, the queen has 32 chromosomes, 16 from her mother and 16 from...

Not to take this too far off topic thymallus but every single drone from any queen is genetically different, no maybe about it. I know it isnt a major point but the amount of times i have read that drones are 'in effect' exact copies of each other and their queen leads me to think it is a fairly...

Each drone produced by a queen will be different.

Im using a tamron 90mm, my fav macro lens. another thing ive found is to upload images to your album at 600 pixels wide. My first few images were at 800 pixels and they automatically get downsized to 600. They come out sharper if you make them 600 pixels yourself. My first few images are...

very nice, keep them coming!

A few from this evening, the boards are full of fanning bees! 1. 2. 3.

It took me ages last night to work it out. In the end I had to upload them to my album (under the USER CP) heading. Then if you click on one of your pics it gives you a URL underneath, copy that. Then when you open a thread/post, click on the insert image icon on the post's toolbar and paste in...

Some sort of solitary bee I think. It was about 2/3 rds the size of an AM bee. Really cute. I only managed a couple of quick shots before it flew away so not the best standard of photography. I use a D300s. Old and decrepit by today's standards Also, I have uploaded these pics to my album...