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I waited 6 weeks.

Those bees with the varroa look good :p

Yeah, I think 4 weeks after emergence was fair.

Oh right, how long do you wait for new Q to start a colony

Should add that we added fresh brood and eggs after

Had a hive this season who split and produced a new queen. 4 weeks later still no brood with new Q. Was some drone brood. Killed off the queen. They produced another queen. Laying pattern looking good so far...

Not another Corkonian! Sister moved down there years ago and now have a Corkonian niece who happens to be a good runner. Wouldn't blame her lol. Welcome to the forum 🤠

So how long would you wait from new queen to hatch brood?

Sorry did you invent the wheel or was that a question?

From my experience the lost bees will beard close to where the hive was at evening time. Stick an apidea close to the old spot and gather up the stragglers. Let them sit for a day or two before locking them in and moving to new location. Put them into an empty brood box over the main hive and...

The workers will decide if she is up for the job. Had a few supersedure's that turned out ok.

I use a pair off TIG welding gloves that were lying about. They do the job and you can feel through them as its Goat skin. The propolis builds up eventually.

oh gosh

The only correlation is defensive bees tend to hold onto their honey better. Productivity depend on the local environment.

Sorry to drag this up but curious to know what happened. Did the Queen survive?

Wow, Id say that's a good start. Can you send a few my way lol

Very good observations. I misted the flying robber bees with a garden hose before I opened the box. This was recommended on another bee keeping blog however seemed to have no effect. There was also a frame feeder which I removed. You can see the gap in pics 1 & 2. There was no evidence of a...

It's been a disaster. Weather has played its part. It was cold and wet when queens hatched, they didn't stand a chance.

I had a late season swarm move into a swarm trap the other week. Unfortunately they were too weak to defend the hive but gave it a good go. Initially it was wasps but the other day I noticed a lot of bees entering. Anyhow I decided to end the party and clear it out. Upon inspection I noticed...