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Hi everyone. I have five hives in the mountains of Switzerland at around 1200m, and the weather is still amazing, with temps around 10 degrees at night, and in the mid 20s during the day. Despite the apparent bliss, all five of the queen's seem to have disappeared and there is no brood in any of...

A quick question: I have been offered 4 colonies in Dadant hives and need to go and pick them up next Tuesday. However, the donor has said he can only meet at 2pm and I am wondering how best to keep the bees healthy given that they would likely have been trapped in their respective hives since...

Hello everyone, I have recently started spending a lot of time in Switzerland for various projects and wanted to use my store of Warré hives that I was given from my mentor. In anticipation of the new bee season next year, my initial inquiries near Zurich and beyond suggest that the Swiss have...