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My little hive from last spring has jumped out already this season. We haven't had much bad weather here this winter, and I have observed pollen being brought in since late January. I was able to...

yes, just last week.

It was a test, and since you are ordering spring nucs, YOU PASSED! LOL!

I am 45, married and FEmale. I got the same ad. I agree, I think they just assume "older male" will be the majority in conjunction with beekeeping.

I have a hive with one medium super on. I checked it this weekend. the bees are drawing every frame. 4 are fully drawn the other 6 are drawn about halfway down from the top. they are storing nectar...

As some of you may recall, I have a very weak hive that was requeened. On my latest inspection, I got a few pics. See what you think!
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yes, I have a medium super on now.

just a few pics of my first hive. any advice or comments?
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Thank you to everyone for their helpful advice on this hive. They are Queenless no more! I checked yesterday and there she was! She is laying, and her pattern (what little there was) looks good!...

Thank you for the advice. I will add another frame. I hope there is a queen and she just isn't laying yet. The timeline on Bush's page gives me hope.

Yes, they are even uncapping brood and carrying it out. They are not drawing much comb. I am feeding sugar syrup, 1:1, but they take very little. They feed on the stores from the frames I added. ...

I have a hive, caught from a swarm on May 01, 2012. Installed in a 10 frame deep. I have not seen the queen, and no eggs or brood. I pulled a frame of eggs and larvae from my other hive and added...