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Checked - auto-translate is satisfactory, when in a pinch.

I'll try it out when watching some Spanish videos.

Just get used to the word "uterus".
Computer is not smart enough to realize that...

If no obvious aggression is demonstrated (as in they are trying to break inside so to kill her) - I would just close in and walk away.
They should release her in 2-3-4 days.
No real rush.

Well, if one is unable to determine whether bees like or dislike the introduced queen - sure - the best bet is to just let it go as-is (chances are greater they DO like her - so this is a fine plan)....

Do check in a day or so to see the un-plugging progress.
In fact, if they like her, could just open the cage and let her out.
If they are trying to kill her (if not already) - different project...

LJ, will follow up when have time.

Yes, me too - trying build a complete picture and see how could this work for me.
The ergonomic value of such setups - priceless.

But for sure - as I am...

Thanks.
I was not aware - will verify and see.

Yep.
One reason I want to produce and sell something like these (minimal work for me; higher price per unit of my work).
No processing means - no legal requirements to be met for food processing....

That "discoloration of honey" and " mold along the bottom of the box" are a non-issue.
Normal.
None of these will damage your bees.

All we need to do - STOP producing so much of the cheap and mediocre honey.
Lots of mediocre and cheap honey killing everything and anything.

It should be like this:
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Sure; understood; the right bee in the US could be of the Russian/Carni origination stock.

A bonus - super long polar days in summer (bees will be working long hours) and very good, ecologically...

Me too - loving it.
I got hundreds of recycled frames for the setup right now as-is (no need to be building custom frames).
Just need the boxes.

Not the beloved 300x300 square, but pretty darn...

Well, notice - two older veterans were pulling honey by-a-frame due to a bigger frames.

The solution is trivial:
-make the supers on a smaller frame (Lang mediums, for example)
-pick a box...

True noney road-warriors based on 6-framers.
Gypsy-beekeepers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrJgFHV-BvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQ6hRgM43o

Here is a video - the entire yard is nothing but 6-frame hives (call them nucs if wish, they will only smile at you).

That is a lot queens there per one yard of a stand.

I like this production...

People are doing it.



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Here is where they are:
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Transporting log hives by a horse was rather routine.
Not a big deal.

1) Imagine that most any one has several distributed yards.
2) Imagine that the mega mono-crop fields, horizon to a horizon do not exist.
3) Imagine that the pesticides are not invented yet.
...

I certainly will not breed any super-resistant bees.
Not the goal and not possible.
I have repeated this many, many times.

But, better locally adapted, average bees - why not, possible to do,...

By now I am totally confused with your position, MSL.
What is it?

So what is the point of artificially propping the bees anyway?
All you are saying - it does not matter.

So why do YOU graft? ...

Yes, as has been discussed.

Just down my alley.
Few days ago I posted few links to 6-frame based production hives.
I spent the time over the holidays trying to nail their methods and I think I got them.

To be fair, even in...

102mmx280mm if go by the spec.

https://agronomu.com/bok/5014-preimuschestva-ispolzovaniya-ulev-udav.html

Not ALL my queens are marked.
Heck, I got myself feral bees!
:)

LJ, exactly.

Scraping the propolis off the wooden ware is a chore I never have time for.
So my 1.25" frame as a default is a good default - since effectively it is always MORE than 1.25"....

LOL! I figured.

After my first winter struggles with these top bars (trivial dry sugar feeding was a major PITA) - I said - forget about it.
That is Spain there.
Not here.