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Thanks guys

I'm confused now :D .... The question was as to what to do next after the hive being in bits on the floor not what have I done wrong doing the demeree or whether drones could get out - (which they could)! Initially - Ordinary national floor, brood box, QE, super, super, crown board, roof...

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Thanks all. The demaree went fine with no swarms. I must have been lucky. The problem is not the demaree itself, that worked a treat, but the stack being knocked over and the Queen finding her way into the top box after the collapse... probably the darkest space as the crown board was still...

If I could have found her I would have put her under a Queen Excluder in the bottom box. But there's so many bees. They have enough stores left I think but I'll keep an eye on it. I've got a syrup container on red alert if they need it. I thought maybe the best course of action was maybe to put...

I did a demeree a few weeks ago on one of my hive as they were starting to produce swarm cells. All went well until 3 days ago when a deer(?) knocked over the hive. We have several running around the garden (Though it may have been my dog chasing a deer!) Anyway the upshot is at about 11.30 in...

Well yes ... I guess so. :)

Thanks everyone. I have a couple of spare nuc boxes, so that may be the way to go, definitely on the worse one. I'll alternate a couple of frames of foundation and see what they do in what remains. Just got to find a nice plastic box with a lid that I can shove the spare comb in. Don't you...

Its wall to wall on the free comb - Guess I'll have to order another couple of brood boxes, on the hurry up. The bigger one of the two is now putting up swarm cells

Actually thinking about it, the worst one in particular, the queen wasn't laying for about 9 days after I picked up the nuc. Eventually she started laying, but its definitely not a full box of bees as of yet. Allowing for one frame of brood becoming 3 frames of bees, though given a couple of...

I didn't mean divider - I meant dummy board !

HI all. So I have 2 nucs building up in Nationals (11 Frame + divider) but have become honey bound. Is that the term? i.e. they have filled the outside frames with nectar and pollen, leaving only 4 or 5 frames for brood. I put a super on with foundation + QE a couple of weeks ago and they are...

Thank you - that what I was assuming people use. I just though that was a bit of a pain unless you weighed it out in little bags or containers before you went out. It would be nice if it just happened to be one level teaspoon or something. I'll have to order some. "What's are these bags of...

Hi all I've just received a load of new kit including a 12V vapouriser for Api bioxal. It's for next winters treatment really but just wondered as I read the instructions - It says 2.3g of the powder per treatment / hive. That's quite a small amount to weigh so do I need some tiny electronic...

I've not got great eyesight. It's just there were no very young brood, that's what threw me more than not seeing eggs as they are much easier to see. It might just be the shock of being bunged in a nice then changed to a brood box and rubbish weather. Ill check in a couple more days. If I can't...