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I don't think the bees cap the bee bread with wax, sometimes they coat the surface with a film of pure honey so that it lasts longer, but I've never seen it capped. Other then that I think it's a great article

We are based in hedge end and we might have some nuc colony's available and we use 14x12, so if in 2 or 3 weeks our nucleuses have laying queens we'd love to sell you one, We will sell them for cheap too

I'll try and get a pic next time I'm in the hive

That was poor phrasing, but i did do the splits at the same time as the demaree Oh and, when i said square i just meant about the bottom third of the frame is solid drone brood

Alright, so I've just had a look in the beehive (this hive is about 2 weeks after performing a Demaree to control population) and on one of the frames there is what looks like chalkbrood but strangely the only chalky scales I can see in the entire brood box are in this one square of drone comb...

Did you know that the big sting looking thing is actually an ovipositor used to lay eggs in trees so they can't even sting

Wait so is it the Asian hornet(Vespa velutina) Or is it the Asian giant hornet(Vespa mandarinia)

Gotta be worried about bees and their bias(towards what) :)

When doing a nuc type artificial swarm don't leave the mated queen in the swarming hive and put the queen cell in the nuc, and after a swarm go in and destroy the six other QCs waiting to cause afterswarms

Ok so I'd advise starting with therory such as the difference between honeybees and other insects then move on to the castes then do life cycles and worker jobs then some foraging and honey production then do disease and IPM then explain the full therory of swarming and mating and the...

This is a poll to determine which hive tool is most popular If you use both hive tools pick your favourite If you feel you have no preference in hive tools pick both If your hive tool is almost the same as one of the two options but has something else(e.g. a serrated hook on the end) as well...

while browsing the Internet I found a recipe for vanilla and honey ice cream and thought it might be a good idea to share http://beesinfo.info/?p=2702

Yes do option two if there is brood in the super

Is it to rehome bees from a dismantled hive for example when a laying worker hive is dismantled

I agree with finman, this time of year I am feeding small colonies 33% sugar w/w syrup.

I fed a bunch of nucleuses with some weak syrup.

Yes, also the bees sometimes select the wrong age larvae causing an inferior queen.

Because my colony has swarmed a bunch of times and I am unsure whether they will exceed their brood box by autumn, if they do do you think I should try it.

Well if they don't have laying workers(which because there are no eggs it sounds like there is no laying workers) you can test if they're queen less by putting a frame of eggs in from one of you other hives, if they draw queencells from the eggs then they are queenless, do not let these queen...

I have a queen who can fill a 14x12 by mid May and am thinking of using double brood next year. Is this a good idea or will it not work.