MJBee
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2008
- Messages
- 1,812
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- Location
- Dordogne 24360 France
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 16 a mix of Commercial, National, 14 x 12, Dadant and a Warre
I have a colony that has been struggling all summer. It overwintered as a 5 frame nuc and was moved into a full Commercial last May. Since then despite trying all the manipulations I can think of I cannot get them to expand onto more than 7 frames and the queen will only lay up 3 frames. Because they would not expand they have not had a super on and have yielded nothing.
The queen and most of the bees are the blackest bees I have ever seen their abdomens look as if the have been polished with black shoe polish with no banding at all.
I plan to requeen but was wondering if anyone would like a sample. I have no idea how this strain came about as all my queens a Buckfast X.
The queen and most of the bees are the blackest bees I have ever seen their abdomens look as if the have been polished with black shoe polish with no banding at all.
I plan to requeen but was wondering if anyone would like a sample. I have no idea how this strain came about as all my queens a Buckfast X.