Dave Sparrow
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What is the latest month that we can expect queens to mate successfully in the UK Midlands?
Queen mating
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How long is a piece of string. Depends on the weather and the availability of drones. What’s the forecast and do you still have drones? Some of my colonies have started throwing them out.
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most of mine still have drone brood
hemo
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Yep inspected some today and drone brood still being reared, main reason today was a stores check which was low in the BB's.
Meanwhile in the garden I have a ss hive and a nuc both with sister queens ready for mating, a quick look in the nuc and the nice marked QC is open as expected.
Meanwhile in the garden I have a ss hive and a nuc both with sister queens ready for mating, a quick look in the nuc and the nice marked QC is open as expected.
hemo
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Given good weather well into September.
