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what is the worst situation over the winter if I leave a super with not capped honey in a colony?
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I have taken my supers off my bee colonies, and I have no shed, so I put all the frames with combs in the garage. Right now central IL is very warm, we got a lot of bees into our garage. What is the...

I got my first pkg of bees yesterday, and put them in a new Lang hive at 6pm. The italian queen walked around in the cage before I put her cage in the hive. There are some drones in the pkg, and a...

great pictures!

looking good!

Your queen could be running out of eggs

what if I don't divide the hive so often? I know they will swarm, but my purpose to start beekeeping is not for honey production, is for the environment. Will my colonies still be strong?

if my top bars are not 1 and half width, shorter than that, more like 1 and 1/4, will that still be ok? or too short? Is the 1 and half very strick and important for the top bar hive?
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I plan to start new 2 new hives this spring. I ordered a package of bees, but also wanna try to use NASONOV to lure more bees to my other hive. Dadant & Sons sells a 5-pk NASONOV. Does it work well?...

I am a new beekeeper from Champaign IL. :D:D I took a beekeeping class this summer. I am a doctor doing research on honey bee behavior and genetics.