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OK... re-queen it is. Next question, do you wait until you have the new queen in hand before you dispose of the hot one or should you go ahead and remove her now?

Another ?... approximately how...

If you squash the queen in a semi (not Africanized) hot hive and let the bees replace her, will the replacement be as hot as the original or would it be better to just purchase an new queen and go...

Thanks again... I'll feel a lot better trying to capture a swarm from a fixed object now.

Wayne

Thanks for the replies.. Is the amount of bees you can push into the box important and how long would you wait for the straglers to accept their new home?

If you have a swarm in a location (bees gathered on a tree trunk, or on a fence post, side of a old house) that can't be shaken into a box and can't be vacuumed, what technique would you use to try...

April 7, 2013 Zip 78645 basketball sized swarm in a small oak tree in a lady's front yard. Sorry I'm late with this.... forgot to post at the time.

This is a basketball sized swarm my son and I picked up from a small oak tree in a lady's front yard a couple of weeks ago. Took them home and 2 hours later they swarmed again. This time straight...

Thanks.

I am uncertain whether or not my bees have mites. Is this photo close enough to be able to show mites?
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I always wondered how bees could completely empty a baggie so I did a little experiment on my patio. There were 3 slits in the baggie and after it was nearly empty, they went inside to finish up. ...

Thank you.

I made fondant using 1 part water to 4 parts sugar with 1/4 tsp. vinegar per pound of sugar. I haven't had to use all of it and would like to turn it into syrup. Is that possible and if so, how...

Thanks guys. I'm waiting on an order that includes foundation and frames but will have to try to find someone that has some extra comb I could either beg, borrow or steal. Hopefully, this will...

About a week or so ago, I saw a couple of bees in my back yard. I thought it might be fun to try to entice them to a nuc box I had laying around so I started to put out sugar water in an open top...

Agree completely....My son and I took a small hive out of this water system control box....

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Thank you... I'll take all the advice I can get and hope to not see this kind mess again.

The hive is level and not under any high tension electric lines. I will put a full sheet or two of foundation in but wonder how others go foundationless and not have the same problems. I do have...

My first year too.... there was no drawn comb or full foundation in the super.

I have a hive that has two meduims as brood boxes and a deep as a super. I didn't inspect the hive for about a month and was not feeding as there was plenty of pollen/nectar being brought in. When I...

Thanks for the replies.... I guess it's like a lot of other things, maybe yes, maybe no.

Wane

Hi, new guy here. I have two hives that I started this April from packages but have never done a cutout. A friend has a shed that has a hive in it an asked if I could take it. I usually don't have...

I did start them on plasticell foundation. Are you saying that could be a reason for them being slow? There is plasticell on each of the ten frames in the medium. I am wondering if the whole...

Ok...you lost me on the "follower board". What is that?

Thanks for the replies. Interesting that you should say they may have too much space. I was told elsewhere they needed more space due to being installed in a medium (ala Mr. Bush). They have only...

Hi.... new guy here...two hives....both hived in late April...one doing very well and the other is very slow to grow. Is there an easy way to spot bees that have just emerged from their cell? I've...