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I think it's the weather, Poot. They sound a bit like mine at the last inspection. The worst was unfortunately the first I opened, lots leaving the seams and pinging hands and veil, very noisy, frantic behaviour. The rest lost any patience after a few frames and became fairly similar. They all...

Is not yellow.

A few of my Abelo roofs are peeling in places whereas my poly nucs are mostly painted with bog standard emulsion and no sign of wear.

Best online source? This forum, the rest are just yootoobers. ;)

Not a good day with the bees today, I think their patience with the weather has worn thin. I found and remarked the yellow queen. Every colony was horrendous.

There's play cups and play cups as far as I'm concerned. They mean nothing. Really? I know when I need to be a bit more vigilant. ;)

Took a colony to their new owner yesterday, the car was full of the aroma of Dandelion. Did a quick inspection and remarked some queens and found a frame with two cells on it, sealed, same age. Noticed a fair amount of drone brood also and as she is a three year old queen, it looks like her time...

Mine are 12mm, they do the job. 18mm would make for a heavy board.

Keep calm and carry on?

She is very close to six o'clock ;)

Sorry Richard, that's a blob of Willow pollen. When I find her she will probably be like the others, a faint ring of colour around a shiny black thorax.

Sorry, I was being a bit wicked. She is a marked yellow 2022 queen but no chance of finding her in that lot ;)

Good day at the farm apiary adding supers and brood boxes to some lovely, thumping colonies and remarked five queens. These got another brood box and a super, can you spot the queen?

Like this?

Supply in smaller batches and it's usually sold and off the shelves long before it begins to granulate. A granulation label like Phil has mentioned gives explanation for any customer who is not aware.

Sounds a bit of a nightmare.

Stored in buckets and warmed to jar prior to sale, pretty normal practice.

Don't forget mead for the monks.

Put the deep frames in the brood box then an excluder over them and put the shallow frames of brood above the the excluder but over the brood below to keep the nest together so to speak. The brood will soon emerge leaving the frames to be used for honey. If you can't find the queen you can make...