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Hi there, thank you. Beekeeping on a rooftop, that’s fantastic! Yes it’s the waiting and hoping they sort themselves out. Hope all goes well for you. 🐝

Hi, it’s an amazing thing every time when a queen is successful. I like to keep to single brood boxes. I’ve also used brood and a half but not really keen on it. 🐝

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Thanks, yes they are really good 🐝

Yes they’re sneaky little whatsits sometimes, always best to double check. 🐝

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There great to use especially when you have a good choice 🐝

Hi, yes I use both and I do prefer the traditional frames a little more. But these are easy when they work and have a lot going for them in different elements. With bee bread situation you can just scrape to the plastic frame. 🐝

Hi, I don’t see a problem with using a queen as long as she is introduced properly “I have videos on this. ” But reading that your hive has been queenless for a long time is troubling, as they can develop laying workers. The hive will then not accept a queen so easily, I would strongly recommend putting a frame of eggs in that hive asap. This will tell you what the situation is and all being well they will draw cells. 🐝

@@berintanbees what if there was no larvae at all?

The problem is how long it’s been queenless, with no brood. This is when they develop a laying worker. They will lay multiple eggs in cells dotted around (drone). I would still recommend using a frame of eggs just to be on the safe side. You could also buy a queen, but that could be an expense if failed. But they are your hives so it’s your decision. Hope this helps. 🐝

@@berintanbees great advice thank you!

When bees invert sucrose to dextrose and fructose a byproduct is hydrogen peroxide, which is anti bacterial and anti fungal. If you need a better explanation watch the Bob binnie video on feeding bees.

Thanks for the comments, great advice but for this hive the Queen had been failing and was mostly the course of the issue. 🐝

Thanks for reply, I do believe I got them all. There is always a slight risk. I’ll do a follow up anyway with all this. 🐝

Oh what one was that? 🧐

We still have drones here and many still capped. Hopefully all will be well, just a shame we’ve lost one of our best Queens. Hope you resolve your situation 🐝

It’s a good idea especially for new colonies 🐝

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Why thank you 😊

There are quite a few ways to encourage the bees to build but I do find this is one of the fastest ways for them to kick in a gear. And yes Absolutely depends on the nectar flow and elements 🐝😊

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Lots of things can trigger a hive to turn, sometimes it sort’s itself out. I find when a hive has no queen they can be more on edge. Once the new hive settles down with a new queen see how they are with the new generation. The weather can affect them also, look for robbing going on there are so many variables. If your hive posits being nasty you may want to re Queen. Give them a little time 🐝

Oh interesting, would that not get destroyed being paper? There’s so much rain and wind here, paper wouldn’t last a minute! We don’t just use them for varroa, we put them in the hives when there are wind storms also. 🐝

@@berintanbees We only leave it in for 48hrs after ox, then count, having said that we make all our own kit so we have slightly deeper bases. I think it's a type of sketching paper (quite a hard surface). Great vids by the way.

Sounds like a nice idea for a short time like you say. And thank you very much 🐝

Will monitor and see but they have kicked into gear now, I like to give them a chance as the weather has been abysmal this spring. 🐝

Hi, the reason I didn’t is we are now in the honey flow and the weather has gotten better so they are able to bring in the goods. If using new undrawn frames you could use syrup, I just like the bees to try to sort themselves a little. 🐝

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@@berintanbeesI just messaged you on Instagram 👍

Just seen and replied 🐝

That’s honey, you normally tell by the capping, and weight. Honey bees are female and drones are male. 🐝

Indeed but it’s really nice to see they have been strong over the winter months as our weather has been horrendous. 🐝

@@berintanbees oh I agree!

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Hi there, we only use single brood boxes so it was only one box, the hive bottom may have looked as though it was 2? The first box that was taken off was the honey super so no need to check at this time. Hope that helps 🐝😊

Unfortunately not, sorry 🐝

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Hi Aidan, stay tuned 🐝

Very good! We seem to be having a lot of wax moth this year 🐝

I believe I said national hives “without looking back at the video” those are the British main hive, smaller both hive and frame size. 🐝

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They are poly hives called honey paw, from Finland 🐝

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Hi David, there is a link in the video description that takes you to the product, hope that helps. 🐝

Hi, that’s a good idea, saves using the freezer I suppose.

Yes we had an odd box that had the blasted wax moth! Only takes one ☝️ The tubs are great though.

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Hi there, yes that’s a good way to make sure they have food. But the problem with leaving supers on is if you want to treat for varroa, you are contaminating the super for future use. Yes you can use oxalic but I’m still not happy to even leave for that, “own preference” 🐝

@berintanbees we remove the supers, and use apivar around 2nd week of August, pop one super body designated for treatment period and on through to spring, we OA in December. Come spring, we remove melt the wax and soak body and frames. We're only hobbyist beeks, so not too much hassle as we only have a few hives. Might not be plausible for larger or commercial apiaries, due to time etc

It’s a beast indeed! 🐝

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Very welcome and thank you, yes looking forward to the new season. Sorry to hear you have lost colonies but it does happen unfortunately. 🐝

Hi, the link in the description should take you to the company site. 🐝

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Haha when I'm older I wanna save them

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Amazing creatures 🐝