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Hello all, I'm new here to the forum. I am a beekeeper in my 3rd year, using Langstroth. As of one month ago, my main hive (2 deep boxes with a new medium on top) was queenright, there were eggs and workers were bringing in LOTS of pollen and nectar. 3 weeks ago, they started preparing to...

I checked on my hive 9 days ago, then today. When I looked today, I found 5 different swarm cells, 4 of which were closed and 1 that had a fat larvae in it, so none have swarmed yet. I've only been beekeeping for 4 months. My bees are from a hive removal. I am trying to talk to a few of the bee...

Hi all! I am a new, Maryland bee keeper. I have 1 hive in a shady/more wooded area in Baltimore... I went from a 5-8K nuc in early August to a now, 30,000+ strong (and this last week feisty!) colony... Not to be an alarmist- as I recognize that the queen needn't be seen every inspection--...