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The split is fine for now.

How many frames of brood in each hive?

Keep an on them if the queen does not get mated and lay in a month recombine. if they are small in Aug-Sept pinch one queen and...

IMO you want plants that will flower during your dearth, and if your dearth is due to drought then you want drought restraint plants. Sweet clover (yellow or white), borage, Phacelia tanacetifolia...

I think a 5 frame nuc with one frame a feeder might be too small to split right now, what you will end up with is two small hives that may not get to the right size before winter. You need at least...

My guess is they swarmed or absconded. Since you have fresh worker eggs you should have a queen. Maybe you had a two queen hive when you did the cut out. How far away did you do the cut out?
At...

Hives with morning sun will work sooner.
Hives that have afternoon shade will have more bees chilled outside the hive on those cooler spring and fall days.

Yes this would be a good time. Remove any bad comb, if it has honey move it above the inner cover with an empty box. The bees will clean it out, and then you can take it away.

I would keep the...

So you're not sure if you will have a reaction and you want to be on the safe side, so far from a hospital. I would get an Epi Pen just to have, maybe for someone else if needed.

If you're still...

If it's a new package I suspect it's the virgin (supercedure) queen on her mating flight.

I have read other beek seeing their queen outside the hive sunning herself for a few min then go back in....

I built several of them last year they did work. It takes a week or so before it starts to attract things. From greatest to least they caught horse flies, regular flies, wax moths, yellow jackets and...

good job on both videos.

That would be the quickest way, but there is a chance the hive is in the main part of the trees and just uses the branch as an exit.

Not sure a bee vac would get enough bees to make it worthwhile....

Did you check the bee removal list on this site?

I would check craigs list next. Do you have a local news paper that you can put a ad in for free stuff?

is the hive on limbs or a branch, if so...

At the retail level 2x lumber is better quality (not to include 2x4s), 2x lumber is made for construction and it must meet industrial standards. 1x lumber is made for interior shelves or the hobby...

>the European Commission yesterday imposed a two-year ban on the use of the neonicotinoids on any crops beloved by bees.

Are they only banning it on bee plants and other crops seed will still use...

Everything sounds fine, one might have more bees than the other. Different breeds build up differently, even diff queens. Were both nucs the same size when you got them? How many frames?
Where the...

Feed them.

You will be really surprised how few bees you will have buzzing around. Most fly out of the hive and head straight for the sky.

I Have 7 hives at my house 3 are 20 ft from the front door. Kids are...

Most would remove drone cells and discard them along with the mites.

I would try to split them before they swarm.

A branch never worked for me, a bunch go to the old location for days after.

Hive #2 - look through the dead bees see if you find the queen. The small cluster has no queen? make sure then add workers to hive #1.

Call your supplier and try to get another package.

70%...

>There's a honey house nearby which my brother works at and I do sometimes as well and a lot of honey is thrown out because it has too much wax (customers don't like it).

I would not feed it to...

>Will a swarm fly that far for a new home?
That's alittle far to go, but if they can't find a closer/better home they might. If you are in a wooded area there are hunreds of hallowed trees per...

If you watch the traffic in front of the hive you will often see a bee that does not fly right in the hive but continually checks security (hovering in one spot moving toward the entrance until she...

Could also look for a hive for sale in your area.

I wash my crushed wax/capping and equipment with just enough water to clean them. Save the water and make mead.

It is easy to make and so many variation to make it to your taste.