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I've had to do this several times to our summer honey, which is made when the outside humidity is very high. Here's what I've had luck with:


Place a bucket warming belt on the pail of honey and...

Well, I certainly appreciate your concern. I also had similar concerns about build quality, performance, and maintainability. When I purchased this system, there was virtually no one in the USA...

Thanks. Not much new to report. No maintenance issues (no tweaks or adjustments needed), and the performance is still good. Again, it works best on mediums and shallows. Deeps require more...

About 7 years ago we built a large koi pond, which now has lots of large koi. I've found that koi on occasion will take a bee (dead or alive) into their mouth, but they always seem to spit it back...

Seems that several people are reporting this same issue. That's really too bad. I suspect that most beekeepers were expecting a MUCH more robust product. If they can't handle their first trip in a...

Yeah, so is 90% of the stuff from China. The old Brushy unit I have was actually built in one of the former soviet block countries and seems to work pretty good. It has held up well for about 15...

Brushy sold a headband magnifier that I still use. Of course these can be found in many places. Here's one that looks decent and reasonably priced:

Are you certain that they haven't attempted to make a queen from what was present after the bear?

They reenter the cell and die because they are starving, not because they get stuck.

You should modify your profile to include your location. What exactly is the predicted weather? When are the cells emerging?

I've found that honey, glass, and bees is not a great combination. If...

I've been hearing others talking about Acorn for a few years, so finally this year I bought a 100 sheets to give it a shot. When I got the "Heavy wax" foundation, I was slightly disappointed, as I...

I haven't had the need to repair my minis yet, but I have repaired model airplanes with polystyrene parts using 5-minute expoy. It was fine for that application, but I'd try a test spot on the mini...

I've experimented with this a few times. Yes, they can and will make a queen. Is it going to be a great queen? Probably not, but they can produce queens that get mated and begin laying. This past...

You did the right thing. I hope you pinched the old queen. Clearly that girl has had a hard life. The worst thing you could do was pour more good resources at this situation.

It's been a wild and bumpy road this year. With the massive winds (and rain) during the first tulip poplar blooms, and the super high temps last week hasn't helped. Despite this, I'm going with...

That's probably the root cause of the issues that you're seeing. You MUST inspect colonies early in the season (a minimum of 1 month prior to 1st expected swarm date - earlier is strongly...

I totally agree with everything said in this post, particularly giving the new queens time to lay - super important.

How exactly do you know she was mated? The spermatheca will be clear.

The hive with the queen I mentioned above was full of drone brood. I never actually watched her lay, but someone was surely...

I had a similar queen this spring. I gave her ample time to come around. I finally killed her and extracted the spermatheca. It was crystal clear - just wish I had done it sooner.

If you do use this approach, please report back on your success. Thanks

I always do a similar thing, but instead of a swarm box, I simply use the cell builder/finisher. I place the frame that I'm going to graft from in overnight (approximately 8 hours). I believe that...

Yes, they do sometimes come back, particularly if she decides to go airborne off a frame in the immediate vicinity of her colony. My comment was aimed at the "they have always shown up" comment, only...

Not to be a downer, but unfortunately they do not always show back up. A similar thing happened to me this spring when I lost a queen out of my quiet box. I didn't get it properly secured. Queen was...

She was just taking a break from the kids. All moms need some down-time. :)

It seems to me that if workers could move eggs, then they would construct new well-positioned queen cups during an emergency replacement and simply move the egg to the new cup. They would have 3 days...