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General Q&A, Bee chat and only Bee chat please
 #14600  by AdamD
 29 Sep 2024, 09:46
My virgin didn't mate so she has gone and a mated queen from a mini plus hive has gone in. The miniplus hive happened to be next to the virgin hive, so I moved the miniplus hive away to sit on top of another miniplus. The flyers will finish up with their queen in the former virgin-hive and I'll unite the two miniplus hives, so I'll have 4 double-height miniplus stocks - easily large enough to survive winter.

I've got a couple of hives that need the excluders off and the supers put underneath - my usual practice. And one full-sized colony is still a bit light.

There's ivy coming in when the weather is warm enough.
 #14616  by AdamD
 19 Oct 2024, 14:05
A walk past my main apiary today and I had a quick heft of the polynucs. All are fine apart from one which is particularly light; The weather has been mild and my guess is that they have reared brood rather than slow down so will need feeding heavily now. However if they don't know when to stop, I wonder whether its the sort of queen I want.
 #14618  by JoJo36
 25 Oct 2024, 07:15
Fed mine 2-1 syrup which they took down and felt quite heavy, however after adding some fondant in case they are peckish, they seem to be flying around and scoffing that too??!!
I've hefted them and they feel quite heavy so I will stop for now!
It seems that the mild weather has kept the queens laying, but I suppose more bees for next year!
Hopefully I've not overfed as I usually do??!! :shock:
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