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    Advice on a single sealed QC discovery

    because those studies in the apiarist blog made under the emergency response and bees wont waste time and so ll prefer mostly pick the latest day egg than younger eggs to take it further there are also studies(in apiarist blog too) talk about eggs are not all the same ,some are heavier than...
  2. M

    Comb building question

    mid-age bees(older than nurse bees and younger than foragers) are the bees draw comb those bees ussually waiting on dance areas to receive the nectar from foragers and then store it , if they cant find empty cell for that then they hold it(prologue/abdomn/belly) and that drivers them produce...
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    Do bees uncap stores and move it upwards in spring?

    i do no believe that bees move stores but only consume em, bees are economical energy insects
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    Rose hives

    bees do no move stores(sealed honey....) but consume, also stores and more ussual un arc of honey during a flow operates like a QX and so bees ll store nectar above and brood cant expand up but pushed down but when a hive is on brood rearing (like spring) and there is no strong nectar flow...
  5. M

    Too cold to treat my bees?

    i wouldnt disturb the cluster for any reason and also cluster means the drug substance wont spread around as it should
  6. M

    Surprising dead-out

    it's not all genes , not that simple
  7. M

    Surprising dead-out

    them called diutinus bees ,those who ve not fed brood in them nurse life , ve kept enlarged them fat body produce large amount of vitellogenin them not only appear in winter but anytime new nurses ve no brood or very few brood to feed for example after summer brood break or when split making...
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    Happy New Year 2023

    Happy New Year
  9. M

    Maqs - bad news

    dunno nothing about those sublimators and the mechanic behind of how simple or complictaed way them work and how them keep heat temps between 157 - 180 C or and how external temps and humidity can play a role or not or how fast them reach that heat cause what ve read is that if oxalic heated...
  10. M

    Drone Culling for Varroa Control

    maybe him does no want to treat adult drones avoid affect them sperm , it seems its not only the amount of available drones in matings but also the amount of capable drones and may also all those usual suspects that affect drone sperms affect and Queens? whom live much longer than bees or drones...
  11. M

    Maqs - bad news

    do part of oxalic vaping heat transform into formic?
  12. M

    Drone Culling for Varroa Control

    i like this guy and him funny too
  13. M

    Sunken brood cappings - overheated?

    when i see that kind of baldbrood always take me a toothpick to check those open cells and them neighboring couple capped cells for wax mouth which i found is the mostly common reason if do no find any eviddence of wax mouth and discover in those neighbor couple capped cells any varroa load...
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    Supersedure to delay swarming?

    what am saying is why i think that mid-age bees are those who swarm and be more responsible for swarm fever alongside all other parametres as everything in bees is multifactorial , ideally d be keeping nurses as long as can in nursing life and pushing mid-age bees into pollen foraging meaning...
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    Supersedure to delay swarming?

    https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/research-into-swarming.53471/post-835589 https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/taranov-vs-snelgrove-have-i-misunderstood-swarm-control.53581/post-837718 thats my theory but i would advise as you already found that page to read all R.Oliver page articles...
  16. M

    Supersedure to delay swarming?

    although i ve my own understanding/theory about swarm, mid age bees and them wax glads jep you ve found one of best net pages about bees, jep R.Oliver 's Bee Behavior and Biology all articles(try study them form the start/the oldest) also all his Bee Nutricion articles are all amazing also all...
  17. M

    Supersedure to delay swarming?

    thats suits more to one of the supersedure reasons not swarm , both are different and caused for different reasons so no relationship between swarm and supersede if you read all swarm control methods are talking about 2 things : separate puppae brood from broodnest and give space mid-age bees...
  18. M

    Honey production in Corfu

    is fantastic island ve a nice holidays if you ve time try visit ''ereikousa'' (heather) small island or and ''othonoi''island both on the north of corfu/kerkyra
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    Taranov vs Snelgrove: Have I misunderstood? (Swarm control)

    bees ve plasticity and can push forward or pull back them life when required (but with cost on the colony), so jep ofc all bees can fly no doubt , my belief is not based on that they can not but based on that bees ll act with less cost and in more economy way for them and so the right age bees...
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