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I moved two hives this weekend from Sac' to Reno. One hive is very active and flying the other seems to be a bit reserved and not flying as much. Both hives consist of two deeps. I haven't had...

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Ummm......my bees are making honey, I have 4-5 deeps capped at this point in time and am moving. I can leave the hives where they are or move them, the new location has a ton of Alfalfa...

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There are a lot of them though......would they really lay that many queen cells between the top and bottom box??

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Probably yet another "dumb" question, but I have to ask it:

I went through the hives the other day and when I seperated the top box from the bottom box there were cells in the middle space...

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I have a hive that is the product of a swarm, I had thought that it was queenless because it was so angry and aggressive when I would inspect it. I went through it the other day and there is...

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Three frames worth of bees, captured, boxed, and seem to be doing well..

Thanks for the replies, my bees are building these structures BETWEEN the super and the second brood chamber - I believe that they are drone cells none-the-less but am of course a NEW beek and...

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I went through the box (3 deeps) for a weekly inspection, when I took the super off to inspect the second box I noticed some cell structure that was being built between...

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Ummmm.......I have some GI-NORMOUS apricot and peach trees in my yard and was wondering whether the bees are targeting pollen or nectar from this source? From what I have gathered...

I use dried road apples, they are plentiful in my neighborhood and seem to last quite a long time in the smoker...

The only reason I ask is because I did a minor inspection the other day - only took the top lid off - and noted that there was still quite a few frames of honey in the top box.

Shouldn't they be...

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I went into winter with two deeps and have heard that I should swap the boxes during the Spring.

Spring has Sprung - Should I put the top box on the bottom? I still have a good...

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Another New BEEK question:

Which will build faster in the Spring, a 4 frame Nuc or a 3 Pound package of bees??

Thanks in advance.

David

Thanks again for the advice!! My hives are on a tanish-brown dirt pad and the dead bees are REAL evident!

Yet another question........

What is the normal number of bees to have out in front of the hive?? I am still seeing <10 bees every few days. It has been pretty cold here for the last couple of...

Thank you for all of the advice, will use Mediums!

I have heard that the bees will sometimes not fully cap the supers when deeps are used and was considering going to mediums to prevent this from happening. I am just getting started and can change...

So keep feeding?

Thank you in advance.

OK ok, the weekly, weakly, question.

It is in the 80's here, the girls are working hard, you can see the pollen on them when they are returning back to the hive - they are active during the day -...

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I have 2 deeps that are being used as a brood chamber, they are ready for winter. I have another deep on top that was going to be used for my super but they...

Was told to put the Supers on to feed them sugar water until they drew out the comb. I have two deeps of brood, and a deep super on top of that. Thes super box has three frames removed to...

HEY! What the HECK! at least I will be harvesting something this year! I noticed the propolis oozing out from the lid on the front of the box the other day.

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OK Great! I have a strong hive so this will not be an issue for me. I was starting to get concerned.

Thank you for the education.

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Thanks for all of the previous information and knowledge I have gained from this site.

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