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Wonderful sitting in front of the hives on a summer's day, VM.
I did just that yesterday hoping I might see a virgin queen venture out on her nuptials....no luck though.
Today is a different matter, 3 supers off and defensive bees for a day or two.
One hive has two supers on and has been throwing drones out.
Strangely there were maybe fifty or so dead, jammed in the queen excluder...pointing up to the supers. Never seen that before. Do you think their sisters were starving them and they were trying to get to the stores?
I lifted the brood box off the floor to check for any obstruction and all was OK.
I did just that yesterday hoping I might see a virgin queen venture out on her nuptials....no luck though.
Today is a different matter, 3 supers off and defensive bees for a day or two.
One hive has two supers on and has been throwing drones out.
Strangely there were maybe fifty or so dead, jammed in the queen excluder...pointing up to the supers. Never seen that before. Do you think their sisters were starving them and they were trying to get to the stores?
I lifted the brood box off the floor to check for any obstruction and all was OK.