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[masterBK]

Is it supersedure or supercedure ? I have a feeling that the first spelling was the original one but the second one seems to be used quite frequently these days.

 

[Millet]

Is it supersedure or supercedure ? I have a feeling that the first spelling was the original one but the second one seems to be used quite frequently these days.

What does it matter... ? .. you know what it means... a bit like AS/MAQS/ DLQ /OMF and so on all them are spelling mistakes in my eye balls..

 

[Millet]

I will leave them till next weekend and see how things are progressing. Hopefully the feed and the extra frame of drawn comb will make them more productive and settled. If I can help it, I don't want to change anything as they are a really chilled out bunch of lasses.
If I did decide to go down the route of Re Queening, is there a breeder I could go to and would it be too late to do it?

There is plenty of breeders out there Mike and it is 100% not too late to introduce a mated Queen..

 

[mike99]

There is plenty of breeders out there Mike and it is 100% not too late to introduce a mated Queen..

Cheers Steve. As I say, I will check next weekend(although it's killing me to wait) and see if there are any eggs or new QC's. I have seen Larvae and capped Brood but I have realised that I didn't look for actual eggs. If there isn't a significant change, I will order a new mated Queen. I have just googled it and looked at Becky's bees. £34 for a mated queen.
If I go down this route, stand by for the deluge of queries about introducing her to the colony. We covered it in the classes but it never mirrors real life IMHO.

 

[Beefriendly]

Often go through colonies a couple of times a day IF it's what I need to do to sort things out. I wouldn't worry if you can't wait a week

 

[Millet]

Often go through colonies a couple of times a day IF it's what I need to do to sort things out. I wouldn't worry if you can't wait a week

What about three times in the space of 20min's ..