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    Hungarian Beehives

    It has been in use since 100 years ago. (before the SBB madness) The entrances are usually on the lower part of the front.
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    Finding research papers online

    http://www.sott.net/article/312151-Think-big-Meet-the-Robin-Hood-of-science
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    Virgins above the queen excluder

    On the 9th of May I put brood frames above the queen excluder without entrance. Even if they reared a queen from the youngest egg, the queen was born on the 25th May. I fount the virgin on the 21st of June. So the queen was at least 27 days closed in the super while the old queen in the box...
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    Virgins above the queen excluder

    I have never seen a black swan therefore it does not exist.
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    Asian Hornet - a natural trap for them?

    Alien species brought around the world are making disasters to the biodiversity. What makes you think that taking a plant from North Africa is the solution without thinking twice? What makes you think that it is specific to the asian hornet? What makes you think that it is harmless to the...
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    Amount of royal jelly in queen cells

    Yes the scarcity of resources sets a maximum. However there must be another check too. It does not make a difference in the amount of jelly in a cell if I put a single cell or 10 cells in a queenless hive during a nectar flow when there is no scarcity. Somehow they realise what is enough even if...
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    Amount of royal jelly in queen cells

    Bees store a copious amount of royal jelly in the queen cups, so the larva is floating on the jelly. The worker be inspecting the cell should "know" somehow how deep the jelly is. What could be the regulation mechanism to signal that it is enough? Perhaps she is touching the bottom with her tongue?
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    Tree bumble bees

    It is unlikely that they flew back from 4 miles. I would open the bird box you have taken. Maybe it was the wrong one. As a general rule bumblebees forage closer to their nest than honeybees.
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    Virgins above the queen excluder

    "Wise men speak-because-they-have something to say; Fools-because-they-have-to say something."
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    Virgins above the queen excluder

    6 weeks ago I united some average colonies to get strong hives for the flow of robinia. I took off the queen and put the brood box on top of a queenright family and excluder. The honey I harvested and put back the empty frames. Now I took off the supers with bees to be combined with mating nucs...
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    How to keep a frame of brood warm?

    Brood is more resilient than one might think. I simply put the brood frames in a nuc without any heating and I have not noticed any negative effect.
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    Brood box observation windows

    In the book "At the hive entrance" there is a section devoted to the interpretation of the activity seen through such a window. I think it could save a lot of work.
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    Observation hollow tree

    One month ago I installed a swarm in this hollow tree. It is exciting to watch how they develop day after day.
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    Worker layers and swollen ovaries

    That is 152 now. you have replied to a two years old post.
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    type of worm??

    Tubifex tubifex
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    Worker layers and swollen ovaries

    I was busy this month and I neglected my mating nucs. 2 days ago I found one with laying workers. No larvae yet in the cells but full of eggs. I distributed the combs to queenright families expecting that they will not tolerate worker laid eggs in worker combs. Today, to my disappointment, I...
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    Bumblebees

    The bumblebee family has grown significantly. Since 2 weeks ago new queens are being born. I have not seen a single drone, maybe because of my untrained eye. There are no more eggs or larvae, only pupae about to emerge, both worker and queen. I'm afraid this colony is going to complete soon its...
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    Hygenic behaviour - pin test

    AFB resistant colonies are present in every apiary. It is enough to get rid of the susceptible ones.
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    Hygenic behaviour - pin test

    In my opinion has nothing to do with improving the strain, since the heritability (h²) of the hygienic behavior is low. It is simply selecting the queens that go in winter and production next year. I see it similar to selecting employees for a company. You want attractive young ladies that speak...
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    Hygenic behaviour - pin test

    It is very simple. I usually rear 3 times more queens than I am going to winter. In August, when all the workers are daughters of the queen in the nuc, I make the test. The queens of the worst performing families are discarded and the bees are united to the top 30%. I believe the method is not...
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