MrMouse

I used to once years ago, and only leave any open cells, if you take them all down you will end up with queens from older larvae...

Thank you! Would you go in on day 4-5 and take anything down that they’ve made up to that point or just go in asap after day 7? Thanks

eight days before the QC gets capped (I've never seen a QC in a Demaree capped before the eighth day) so you've still got a week to act...

Hi All, I did my first Demaree today on a booming colony. Due to work commitments, I’m not going to be able to go into the hive...

Just done my first Demaree. Absolute sky scraper. Wishing the hive was on the floor as opposed to a stand now and considering rigging...

Hah an accidental one! Angry bees (raining) but needs must. Wearing a jacket rather than my normal full suit. Rode up to expose a...

Went to put a spare frame of stores in one of my hives that is booming but rather light - don’t want any starvation issues to arise...

Hoping to inspect after work tomorrow. Slightly on the cooler side (12-13 degrees) but it’s been 10 days of rain and single figure...

just an expensive pacamac, no better or worse than a Barbour, trouble is with all these is, they may stop the rain getting in but you...

I was down near the bees today so thought I’d pop in. Too cold to do any inspecting of the brood, but I couldn’t resist lifting the lid...

in that case, just keep the emptiest frame or two from the brood box to leave with the queen. Many people just leaves the queen on a box...

Thanks all, this is reassuring as my queen finding skills need some work. Sadly I don’t have any drawn comb to spare. We’ll see how we...

no reason at all not to. You don't need a frame of brood down there, I never do when shaking them down, but a few frames of drawn comb...

What's the betting you spot the queen in the process! Have a COT and a marking pen handy 🙂

Put as much drawn comb in the bottom box as you can spare.