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    Uniting with Supers after failed AS

    Just wondering if the queenless box is on the bottom and queenright box on top with supers in between will the bottom box make queen cells?
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    Merging a Q+ nuc with a Q- colony

    Just to add a complication whats the best way if the q-has supers in place?.Ainsie
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    PagdenAS-when to open new and parent hives?

    Thanks Finman, I understand .Cheers.Ainsie
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    PagdenAS-when to open new and parent hives?

    Hi Finman,just wondering after the 5 days when uniting supers back to A/S do you need to use newspaper to unite or will they still unite peacefully with direct unite.method seems to make a lot of sense.Ainsie
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Brood in all stages. Ainsie
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    Bee feeding

    Hi Aggravated, 2:1 sugar syrup is either 2lbs of sugar to 1pint of water or 1kg to 630ml hot water helps it dissolve quicker, no need to boil.2:1 mix is less likely to ferment than 1:1.Hope his helps. Ainsie:)
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    Drone Foundation in Supers

    Another advantage of using drone foundation in supers is that the bees don't put pollen in drone size cells which I find is a big advantage especially when using standard size national brood boxes.Ainsie
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    have i ordered the right thing???

    Frames SN 1's and castellated spacers [10's] for me.kiss.;) Ainsie.
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    Is this my Queen?

    Yes , well spotted how about marking her to make it easier in future. Ainsie
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    Virgin queens

    Hi, just wondered if mating nukes or artificial swarms fail to get mated queens is it necessary to find the virgins before uniting with a queenright colony via say newspaper method or is the laying queen likely to kill the virgins.After 4 weeks waiting I'm afraid my optimism is beginning to...
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    Making up a nucleus.

    Thanks Poly Hive, sorry for the unclear question but yes I did mean arrangement of frames in the nucleus, in my case wooden ones.Cheers Ainsie.
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    Making up a nucleus.

    Making up a nucleus Hi Poly Hive, thanks for the post, just wondering in what order do you put the various frames in the nuke.Cheers Ainsie
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    Boiler suits to bee suits?

    Hi Psafloyd,regarding occasional bee suits try googling observer smock.Ainsie
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    Syrup strength

    Feeding Syrup Hi Poly Hive, do you use frame feeders to feed your 1 pt of syrup/week? just wondering.Thanks Ainsie.
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    Hole in my veil, repair?

    veil repair Hi Kronkie, try googling jenny gammon veil repair, hope this is of some help.Ainsie
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    1 luxury allowed in your bee box, what?

    Hi, how about lying the first frame out of the brood box on top of the frames,no risk of spreading disease.Ainsie;)
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    Snelgrove method

    Nuke Swarm Control Hi, has anyone found , using the nuke method of swarm control, that virgin queens take a long time to mate due to the large size of the colony?Ainsie
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    Hive straps

    Cheers Polyhive, I will remember that for future reference.Ainsie
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    Hive straps

    Spanset Hi CB008, try looking in the videos section at the top of the page and then polyhive's videos under contributors, how to use a spanset hive strap.Hope this helps.Sorry for the long winded reply but I don't know how to post a link. Ainsiebee-smillie
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    HELP - What Frames ?

    Hi, same as hivemaker for the supers and hoffman DN4 in the brood.Was wondering whether to try DN5 with the wider topbar, as in langstroth, if this would help reduce brace comb but don't know if this would be worth the extra expense.Any thoughts? Ainsie bee-smillie
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