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Colony with plenty of bees and lots of stores all winter. Today the inspection board seems to have only uncapping debris from stores but none from brood. Am I reading this correctly? Other colonies have brood debris. Ta

Since July 2022 I haven't seen any varroa, despite have boards on a few times. I've had them on again for the last week but still I can't see any. Three swarms arrived here early this summer and even they have none. Is this unusual? Why might it be? Thanks.

Is it too late to put a frame of eggs/larvae into a queenless colony with a view to rearing a few Qs? Would there still be drones about? Thanks.

I cut the foundation out of most of my Br frames and scraped them down. They're from my own hives and no sign of serious disease (?? fingers crossed) Based on advice from respected members here (to another member) I'd be please not to engage with steam/soda/acid etc. But I have about 10 brood...

I have quite a number of super frames that look something like the two in the photo. Is the white stuff just crystallised store? What to do? Just trim the frames and put the supers on above the Brood box when the time comes? Put a box of them below the Brood box now and hope the bees will...

I have this idea to remove a very heavy super from the top of my hive (mainly to save my back) and then to extract the honey straightaway. Obviously I'd first put on a clearer board for a day before the removal. My question is whether this would be ok or would there be any problems e.g. honey...

Hi all, Yesterday I looked in the brood box of a not very strong colony, expecting just continued egg laying. Found no eggs or larvae but two decent sealed Q cells and a couple of what seem to be tiny sealed Q cells. (23 August five frames had some brood/eggs at various stages). So Q has...

6-8 weeks ago I caught a swarm in a bait hive. I didn't notice their arrival. I left them in that box. When I looked inside after a couple of weeks there was no brood/eggs. I put in some brood frames and left them. The same each time I looked over the last few weeks. No evidence of a queen...

Hello all, I want to unite a queenright colony + its supers (BB1 & Supers1) with a queenless colony + its supers (BB2 & Supers2). Reading BBKA Guide to Beekeeping (2nd ed.) I'm a bit mystified. The book would suggest that the order from the bottom would be: BB1; newspaper+ QX; BB2...

Hi all, Could anyone suggest what may have happened here. 11 May found Q cells. Can't find Q so I Moved hive away 50m. Put new hive on original spot. This is my Blue hive now. Transferred a frame with Q cells from old hive to Blue hive and filled up hive with foundation etc. 18 May removed...

Put Apiguard on 3 hives on 3 September. Same time gave fondant, using super as an eke. Another Apiguard after 2 weeks. Through Oct I measured Varroa drop. Unused fondant removed 22 Oct. Continues to be 10-12 varroa per day on all three hives. There are plenty of bees in each and brood boxes are...

First time ever I found and marked Q (hatched 5 weeks earlier and laying beautifully). Worried whether I released her too soon before ink fully dry. She got a lot of attention on release. A week later I didn't see her (didn't look too hard) but there's larvae though maybe none very small...

In a new split a new queen emerged about 13 June (plus or minus a couple of days). On 28 June it seems I missed seeing eggs/larvae because on 4 July (6 days later) I find sealed brood, larger larvae but no eggs or small larvae. AND I found several charged QCs and two sealed QCs. She had plenty...