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hi all, first year beekeeper this year in Iowa, I’ve noticed that in a multitude of cells there is at least 2 to 3 per, we’ve only recently put the package from mannlake, checked it today and found that out. What do I do?

So I have a nuc that I purchased and installed 6/3. My first concern with them was on the first frame they drew they put a big supercedure cell right in the middle of the frame within the first week of hiving them. I checked the cell and it was empty, still is empty as of yesterday as a matter...

Is there anything where you feel that "There has to be a better way" when you take care of your bees? What would make your world better?

Hello all, I started one top bar last year in May. They were doing well and had drawn out about 15 bars of comb by the fall. They did have stores of honey and I even fed them some sugar syrup and dry sugar crystals when I packed them away for winter. It's been real cold and we finally got a...

Hey folks - I am new to this adventure, and have a friend that started this year as well. We can't seem to find her queen. Mine, seems so easy to find. Her queen should be an italian and we installed her package 2 weeks ago. About 5 frames are drawn + parts of 2 others. I can find, what I...