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Your progress seems about the same as mine. I have a bit more uncapped honey though. I did our install on the April 20th, and our queen was superceded, so the bees are a bit behind.

Has anyone used a a dustbuster or hose vaccum to clean a closed bottom board?? The bees to a good job of cleaning out dead bees, but there's a lot of wax on the floor. My only concern is that it...

Thanks! I just added a few bars in the brood chamber.

Have you tried rotating the bar yet?? I have had lots of success with rotating the bar upside down and just setting it back down on the hive. it frees up my hands to take pictures. Of course, I...

My bees superceded the queen about 3 weeks after the package was installed. The new queen is mated, and I assume started laying this week. My question is how far behind are they? They were taking...

I just went through this, but it was a supercedure. I noticed queen cells on May 10th. They were all capped on the 12th. I saw a virgin on the 20th and again on the 26th. I didn't see her again...

They are probably getting water from the soil.

I just went through this. I was incredibly worried and over protective. Once all the queens hatched, I ended up with 1 virgin. When she was still a virgin, she was running all over the hive with...

Thank you for easing my fears! All of your information was very helpful. I check your website all the time, but the combination of all those things had me concerned. Now I can get back to work and...

Help!! I have been reading and studying in preparation for this spring and thought I was completely prepared. Actually having bees is completely different than reading about them! Anyway, let me...

We had the exact same thing happpen. I went in on Monday (seven days after I saw 8 capped queen cells) and saw a new queen who appeared to be mated, but still had a few capped queen cells. I peaked...

Good Luck!! Sounds like things are now going well.

I've noticed that the bars I have without popsicle sticks aren't as straight as those with. They're still straight, but just not as straight as the others.

This is definitely a new queen. I didn't see the old queen during two previous inspections, and no larva has been laid in the past week.

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My bees superseded the old queen. We had 8 capped queen cells last weekend, many have hatched. There were a few more that weren't hatched as of today. I saw a large queen that appeared to be...

They all seem to be the same age. When I took the pictures, I spotted two "teacups", but I don't think they're ever going to finish them. There is syrup in the hive, but they haven't been taking...

Ditto. : ) I responded on my other post.

I went back in the hive to get pictures to take to our local beekeeping meeting. There were 8 capped (filled with larva) queen cells and a few more unfinished cups. The queen was definitely not...

Just realized I left out my questions. : ) When I should I check on them? How long does the hatching/mating process take?? At what point would I order a new queen? We do have an observation...

Our package was installed on April 20, and WAS doing fantastic. Went in today and saw about 10 queen cells. I knew I wasn't going to be able to find her. I did a thorough inspection, and she was...

I've noticed that when it's damp and muggy out, my bees get a little cranky. Is this common?? Yesterday, I noticed that they were more buzzy than usual and still went into hive. No smoker, no...

A solid board makes me nervous about critters hiding underneath. I want to be able to see what is going on under there. A frame is a perfect idea for the screen. I'll have to do it this weekend. ...

I don't know how I screwed up our hive depth so bad. I completely overlooked it. :( It is extremely deep. I'm going to have to put a screen in. What kind of screen should i put in? Can I just...

When do you get the packages?? I got my first one on 4/20 (saturday). Everything is going great so far. We had some issues with the queen in the beginning. DO NOT hang the queen with painters...