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    Partially capped frames

    Towards the end of October. Left it configured that way for 2 or 3 weeks.
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    Partially capped frames

    Thanks for the suggestions.
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    Partially capped frames

    Hi all. Due to a unite in the summer I've been left with a national deep with around 8 partially filled, partially capped stores frames. I tired to encourage the bees to move the stores down for winter with some crown boards and an eke but they werent interested. Is there anything i can do with...
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    2 Queens

    Hi all. I split my queen into a nuc 2 weeks ago and went in a week ago to remove all but 1 queen cell. I failed. The weather was poor and i rushed. I went to check for an emerged queen today and found one. Heard her before I opened the hive actually. But i also found the sealed queen cell that...
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    Artificial Swarm with a Nuc

    I went in and I should have rechecked the forecast as it had changed since this morning. As soon as the hive opened so did the skies. Found myself rushing which is not ideal. Found 10 sealed queen cells, 2 of which looked to be emergency, the rest at the bottom of the frames. Also 2 or 3 empty...
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    Artificial Swarm with a Nuc

    The flying period of a bee life is 13-23 days? So there may be some older bees left in 9 days when the new queen emerges.
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    Artificial Swarm with a Nuc

    I'm going in to inspect today with the intention of selecting a queen cell to retain in the queenless hive and ensuring the nuc has enough stores. Any tips on what to look out for? I was thinking on this method vs the pagden. Disclaimer: Neither of which ive actually performed myself. But in...
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    Artificial Swarm with a Nuc

    So inspect the nuc after a week?
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    Artificial Swarm with a Nuc

    The last instruction on the nuc is If you do leave the nuc in the same apiary check it a couple of days later. The bees should have chewed their way out through the dried grass. If they haven’t, pull a bit out at the corner of the entrance to encourage them to fly. When it says "check"...
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    Artificial Swarm with a Nuc

    Thanks both. I made sure to shake bees from brood frames that didnt have queen cells. Hopefully plenty of nurse bees. I've now moved the nuc back closer to the queenless hive as it was more convenient that way anyway and opened up the entrance. This is my first spring with the bees so this...
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    Artificial Swarm with a Nuc

    Hi all. About 20 mins ago I have just split the queen from my single hive into a poly nuc as per the apiarist instructions. These are back garden bees so the nuc is 7 or 8 metres from the queenless hive. I've placed them away from the 'normal' flight path and with entrances facing away from each...
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    Hello

    Hello everyone. Started with 1 have last year and the bees are still there. Some questions on splits to follow....
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