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    Smokey honey

    No, it was smoke, not smokey tasting honey. We both tend to go a bit postal with the smoke. I argued adn won this weekend with me hubby - he has so far said wait till its all full - so I took a mostly capped frame of honey from the super. OMG its GOOOOOOD! It is light and sweet and fruity...
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    Bees on the front of the hive?

    80f during the day is nice, 97f is OTT and 80c would be 176f which is great to slow cook at but hell to live with :smilielol5: Gave teh bees a shallow super today and they all fit into the hive. There were (I THINK) queen cells on most of the ten frames in the HB. The ones I scraped off were...
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    Bees on the front of the hive?

    LOL! Leave you? Perish the thought!
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    Bees on the front of the hive?

    Fair enough :) Have just given the hive with the hanging out bees some more room and bought Bees For Dummies to have a good read of. And are also looking for a local club to join. This learning curve is steep lol.
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    Bees on the front of the hive?

    Would they not rest outside the hive during the day instead of the evenings if they are cooling off? Asks the newbee keeper ;)
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    Bees on the front of the hive?

    Nights are in the mid 80s and days are in the mid to high 90s. Thats F instead of C.
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    Bees on the front of the hive?

    One of our two hives has MANY bees on the front each morning and evening. The hive was set up three and a half months ago and has one half-ish full super and one that was put on about three weeks ago. Why are the bees hanging out on the front of the hive body?
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    Smokey honey

    But the supers are full of bees! lol Being new to this and mostly teaching ourselves we have been checking each frame in teh super hoping they will have capped at least one frame so we can send my Dad-in-law his birthday present. They have capped lots of the top of each frame but thats...
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    Smokey honey

    We took a bit of spur comb from a hive a little while ago and got a taste of our very first home grown honey. OMG! Soooooo good! Sharp and sweet and rich and complex and......... Smokey! A strong after taste of the smoke from the smoker. Our bees are really calm but I dont want to work...
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    Queen got trapped!

    The small hive beetle trap is one of the ones that rests on top of the frames, just below the excluder. It looks like they were trying to put some comb on it and she wedged herself in trying to lay in it. We have two kinds of beetle traps, two on top and one large one built into the bottom of...
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    Queen got trapped!

    Just opened up our second hive due to thinking something was wrong and yep, it was! The queen was trapped between the excluder and a beetle trap. Judging by the fact there were no eggs or any uncapped - and darned little of that - brood cells, she had been trapped for quite some time. She...
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    When to add the Super and should we use an excluder?

    With a Gordie grandad and an Irish hubby, I can usually figure out what most folks are trying to say :smilielol5: Here's one of our lovely ladies in a small sunflower.
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    When to add the Super and should we use an excluder?

    If no one minds, I might just lurk about and read back posts for awhile and have a nice hot cuppa. I love a new hobby :hurray: Oh, another question, how long does one feed a new hive? We stopped feeding three days ago as the bees are going great guns and so many trees are in bloom - as well...
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    When to add the Super and should we use an excluder?

    Well, I feel a bit of a nit wit :smilielol5: Thats what happens when one lets a hubby say "Why dont you join this forum, they seem to give good advice!" without checking where its from :smilielol5:
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    When to add the Super and should we use an excluder?

    I don't know if it was the way our queens went in (left in cage for three days as per advice from shop) but both hives have started on one side and are working twards the other side, rather than starting in the middle. So when I say five and seven frames filled, its from the edge, not the...
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    When to add the Super and should we use an excluder?

    First off I'd like to say Hi! We got our first bees three weeks ago and its been great having them buzzing about the garden and yard. And only one sting so far when youngest son trod on one. He learned respect in one fast lesson! lol. But we now have a couple of questions. We checked both...
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