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As I suspected, no queen, dwindling no of bees.... finito! That's me done with beekeeping

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It was a recently combined hive, recombined after a split from a newly established colony, if that makes sense. I took no honey off them and all supers had significant stores. A strong population of bees has come through winter, but I take your point.

Thanks. It feels like spring today and I wanted to rearrange the stack (3 supers left on over winter). I'm keeping fingers crossed that I missed her and the prolonged wet has put her off laying.

My first inspection of the year today (my 1 and only hive). Bees have been quite active for a while so far this spring, some pollen going in, so hopes were high. However, I couldn't see a Queen and there was no brood or eggs. An optimist might say the cells looked polished, but I'm not so sure...

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Just taking off my honey crop for this year and, frustratingly, the majority (large majority) of super frames are only partially capped (say 30 to 50%). I'm aware of advice to shake the frame to see if unripe honey comes out and also that I could buy a hygrometer to check water content, but I'd...

A quick scan of the paper doesn't reveal what dose they used - 1 teaspoon a day, 3 a day, 3 tablespoons??

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