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I have a strong hive that probably swarmed few weeks back; I found the new queen and some eggs. The hive consists of 2 deeps and 2 mediums. The queen is working in the second deep, and there are...

Thank you all.

I'll check the hive next week and look for any new queen/queen cell/eggs there.

I had a queen less hive so I put in a frame of brood with eggs and larvae in it for the bees to make queen. That was three weeks ago.

I opened the hvie yesterday but could not find the new...

I would find the queen first and transfer her majesty with a queen catcher to the new hive. It will make the cutout so much easier; no need to worry about where she's about. Release her when you...

Thanks for all your replies. Now I can go enjoy the honey.

I pulled a frame of capped honey from the hive yesterday and the honey was very light and tasted bland. I wonder if it was just sugar water that the bees put in there. This frame of honey is from...

good job.

I got a few frames of honey last week from my first year hive too.

Thanks for all your replies. I will inspect the hive more throughtly and evaluate the options.

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I have two hives that I started with swarms from traps last summer. Both consist of one deep and one medium. I inspected them both last Sunday and they looked good, with the mediums full of honey...

I thought a hive can have only one queen. Why these two can coexist and not kill each other?

Check Lowes'. I saw some there. They are not the square 1/8 type, more like a diamond 1/8.

Put the queen in a queen catcher and hang the cage inside just like you would with packaged bee. Release the queen few days later. By now you should have new combs and the queen will be eager to...

Last week I transfered a swarm from a swarm trap into a Lang hive. The swarm was in the trap only for 24 hours and already built a palm sized comb, with nectar and pollen and eggs on it.

I installed a package into a Top Bar at the end of last month. Hanged the queen cage on the second bar. Lifted the cage and released the queen on the 3rd day. About two weeks after releasing the...