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One of my colonies produces copious amounts of propolis. When I went to add the the second Apiguard ,after 2 weeks, I found they had totally covered the entire tray and contents with a thick layer of propolis! I tried to scrape it off and introduced the second tray, but 2 weeks later they had...

I am expecting a queen on Friday, which I ordered 6 weeks ago for a queenless colony, which has now miraculously requeened itself in the meantime! I have not had much luck with bought queens in the past, so I am determined to get it right this time. I want to introduce the queen to a small nuc...

About 1 month ago I put the queen in a nuc because I wanted to perform a pre-emptive split for swarm control. There were drones present and the hive was very full, with 2 supers. The queen is good and I hoped the bees would make a replacement for her. After 4 days I removed all Q cells but one...

I have put Apiguard on a smallish colony I acquired (6 full frames of brood) because I was told they were a swarm and had not been treated for varroa. Now I am worried it could be dangerous for them because it could reach 40 degrees. Should I remove it? I don't want anything to happen to them as...