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Year 3 beekeeper. Hawaii, grow zone 11

So I’m cleaning out and replacing old brood comb ( this section is from cut out comb from when the colony was removed from under a house and set in an empty frame, it’s about 2 years old )

My concern is there are sections of the comb that looked clean and hollow but when I went to cut it away it looked like there were pieces of old bee wings and various pieces of hollowed bee “shells” built into the base of the comb. Is this normal or a does this mean the hive is combating some kind of disease? I treat for mites using Apivar strips and are no signs of wax moths and small hive beetles have always been a rare sighting in this hive.

They don’t all look like this which for April in Eastern Ontario is pretty good ;)

Great day in the bee yard overall.

Hey y'all. Pittsburgh beekeeper here. Due to unusual circumstances after winter, we ended up with brood in the super, and resources in the deep. It's an 8 frame. Queen is productive but everything is up top. Should we wait give her time to move down or can we switch boxes so they naturally move up then put a super on when the time is right. Don't would be from bottom up, super, deep, super.

What would you do?

MD. First time beekeeper. Have knowledgeable help

Just made my first swarm box. Will take suggestions for better design.

Thanks

Hello!! I am trying to be a beekeeper LOL I am curious what you great bee keeping professionals think is a good offer to make on this equipment that is for sale? Thanks!

This looks like a 1-3 day swarm and I found this is my garden. Any tips as to how I should relocate them into my box and handle Asian bees? I’ve heard that they can get easily agitated compared to Italian bees. I will probably leave the nuc box under this tree because that’s where I plan to move my Italian bees here when I move into this house.

We got a marketplace deal with 3 hives along with everything else and some custom odds and ends. We are getting our first set of bees tomorrow. i got everything ready to go. Now I have figured out everything we got, except this part it's 10 frame wide. Is it some kind of candy feeder? I can't find any pictures of what it might be.

Thankyou for any help.

Location north tx zone 8

Textbook spring frame. A few queen cups but they've held off on serious swarm prep so far...

Gorgeous! Tobacco Factory roof, Bristol, UK.

I saw my queen the first time I inspected my nuke but ever since I've transferred them I haven't seen her and they keep building queen cells. I broke the first ones but Ive left this one. But also since I've inspected last week I've seen larvae so not sure what's going on

I set up a nuc as a swarm trap ~30ft from my other hives. There’s some old brood comb with small patches of honey in it. Does this look like robbing from my other hives or scouts looking for a new home?

2nd year, western WA, US. I did a walk away split a week ago. I'm feeding the split inside the upper box. The brood chamber is pretty well full of bees but no foraging activity yet. I checked the feed level this morning and spilled a little sugar water outside, next thing I know half a dozen ladies from next door are checking every crack and crevice looking for a way in. Are these robber scouts? I would have assumed they were from this hive except for the lack of activity so far.

I saw this idea a few weeks back on this sub and thought I’d give it a try. Wow, what a great result! The bees drew out the comb perfectly into a nice slab, and it was easy to remove.

To whoever posted about this, thank you! I’ll definitely be making this part of my spring IPM strategy moving forward.

Location: PNW USA, 4th year beek

Hey all!

I just installed my first nucs (east Texas) and had a question. I went with internal feeders and while the claim was that they only take up space for 2 frames, I cannot fit the last frame in.

Will this cause major issues? What is the best side, if any, to have the space? (space between frame and feeder or frame and wall). I am hoping as the feeder is emptied, it bulges less but not sure.

I'm brand new so I appreciate any information.