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I think sending your group a link to this thread will resolve the issue . . . . .or create chaos.

Sounds like a workable plan to me. As an aside, our club mentor emeritus (a guy who really keeps up with current issues and news as well as serving as advisor and teacher to our and another club)...

Sounds like your queen may not have been mated. If that is the case, then the queen cells are hopeless.

You could cut away the queen cells, pinch the queen and put in a frame of eggs and young...

I applied maqs in September in two hives and they both (fingers crossed) appear to be doing quite well.

22454. Dandelions been in bloom almost all of this warm winter. The girls are bringing orange and red pollen. Hives are light and feeding sugar patties ( warm weather has them eating a lot of...

Jim, I don't get the blisters, but if I get stung on the face, forearms or hands, swelling ensures big time. When I get stung on the forearms, I call them my popeye arms. I think, generally, I have...

I was putting sticky boards in my hives and met a little resistance on one, not much and I thought it might be just some weeds or something. Turns out it was several combs, with brood, that fell to...

Puppy, There is a saying in beekeeping (as well as other things), that if you ask 10 beekeepers their opinion on a matter, you will get 11 different answers. Glad you are going to stick with it. ...

I went through all of my hives yesterday and pretty much found what I expected, except for one.

This colony (Italian) was a split created last July. It was built up pretty well to make it through...

Timbo, I feel for you. Except for dumb luck, I would be in the same boat. I had business out of town when my packages were due in. There was an earlier shipment that happened to have a few extra...

I installed a package for a friend nine days ago and included a couple of frames of good drawn comb. Today we went in to remove the queen cage and check how the things were progressing (i.e., look...

I had my two big hives blow over about 3 weeks ago. I had bricks on top, but because we were coming out of winter, the hives were top heavy (I think that was the key). I also had a wind break of...

Understood. If you are in a neighborhood, I understand the sensitivity. As you know, foragers are not terribly aggressive, so if you keep the fence high and limit others coming into your yard and...

Okay, I'm a fairly newbie as well, but if my queen is productive and the bees are a bit aggressive (not chasing me down the road), I'd view that as somewhat positive. From what you wrote, you have...