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  1. Ats

    Stopping a colony from swarming

    Thank you- that sounds good. I think will do next inspection, as you suggest. Adam
  2. Ats

    Stopping a colony from swarming

    Could you possibly run through how you set up a modified Demaree from a double brood without having 3 brood boxes which might be a bit much for me? I’ve read your linked article several times and want to Demaree one of my hives (currently on DB) this year. I did a fairly brief inspection last...
  3. Ats

    Hiving overwintered nucleus- when to do

    Thank you both- that’s very reassuring- will do as suggested. Adam
  4. Ats

    Hiving overwintered nucleus- when to do

    Hi I have had a 6-frame wooden nucleus which has- so far- survived through the winter. I ended up with it after a number of very beginner learning curve mistakes late last summer, with a small nucleus requeened with a commercially brought Carniolan 2023 queen. It exploded in numbers and went...
  5. Ats

    Keep in nuc hive or move to dummied out national

    Many thanks to you both- will do that! BW Adam
  6. Ats

    Keep in nuc hive or move to dummied out national

    Hi I’m a beginner, first winter (East Anglia) and (alongside a couple of other healthy colonies) have a wooden 6-frame nuc hive with a young 2023 queen. There are a good number of bees and the frames are fairly full of stores but I was planning on feeding fondant overwinter anyway. I was...
  7. Ats

    What is happening- ?supersedure cells in requeening hive

    Thanks! Much appreciated- will do that. BW Adam
  8. Ats

    What is happening- ?supersedure cells in requeening hive

    Many thanks indeed, Jenkinsbrynmair- I hadn’t even considered laying workers. But does that fit with a definite witnessed swarm (presumed cast with virgin queen) issuing from the hive 17 days ago, which I captured? I inspected that swarm hive yesterday and plentiful eggs, and uncapped brood, and...
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    What is happening- ?supersedure cells in requeening hive

    Can laying workers make QCs? I’m fairly sure these are QCs not drone cells. Apologies for the very poor quality pictures- I had forgotten how difficult it is to take photos with an iPhone in gloves. Ended up using my nose to take a video which was a bit awkward to say the least…. Today I’ve...
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    What is happening- ?supersedure cells in requeening hive

    Hi. I’m a newbee and the last month has certainly been a bit of a learning curve. I started off with two overwintered nucs (marked 2022 queen). On 8th May, one hive swarmed- I saw it go, and caught it into a new hive, marked queen is there. I went through original hive, took down all QC (I think...
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