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    uniting 3 colonies

    I would appreciate your help in trying to solve this! I have 3 hives 1. QR on brood and a half. 5 frames of brood bottom box, 4 top shallow frames.The queen is 4 this season ( if not superceded end of season) 2. Weak colony on single brood . I think the queen was probably superceded end of last...
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    How to keep queens in cages till weather improves

    I'm expecting 2 new queens tomorrow ( post permitting ). The weather forecast for tomorrow is atrocious, much better on Wednesday. I know about giving them some water, but where should I put them overnight in their cages? Warm kitchen in a box? Hopefully then on Wednesday one would be introduced...
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    Requeening agressive split

    I would be very grateful for some advice. I found charged queencells in a hive 9 days ago. As this is a rather agressive colony and I could not find the queen I smoked the top brood box ( half brood ) and reasoned (correctly as it turned out) that she might well move down in to the bottom BB. I...
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