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I have been gifted and old under counter freezer and am converting it into a warming cabinet. The refrigerant gas used is R600a which is isobutane, a non global warming gas but highly flammable. My query is whether heating the cabinet to +/- 40C (or higher in a malfunction) might pose dangers...

When last inspected about a month ago one of my hives was getting honeybound with only one frame of brood (single BB National, no super) and the rest full of honey and nectar. Anyway, I did nothing about it, but since then it has been extremely active, except in the very worst weather, including...

I can't find the answer to this in any of the books; In the case of a secondary swarm, and assuming ideal weather conditions, does the virgin queen leave with the swarm immediately on emergence or does she also wait 4 days to mature (as is the case before the nuptual fights start)? Thanks :)

I hived a swarm 5 days ago but I think its very likely to be without a queen as the queen in the hive it came from was clipped, though its possible she was superceded. No eggs or queen seen so far. I am thinking of adding a frame of brood with one or two capped queen cells from the hive they...

I did a varroa drop count last week. On examining the floor, I noticed several eggs under the brood area, which look like bee eggs to me. What might this mean? Drone layers? I attach two photos, one with a varroa for comparison.