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Comment by Nicholas Mayne on February 7, 2012 at 12:05pm

I would if I was not in a difficalt state myself. Sorry.

Comment by marjolijn vos on February 6, 2012 at 10:11am

The hive swarmed on New Years Eve. When I opened the hive after the

swarm there was heaps of frames of capped worker brood and a whole

frame of capped drone brood. A few queen cells empty. So its been 38 days since the hive swarmed. There is still capped worker brood in there

so I figure that means there has been a laying queen. I think my best

option would be to get a couple of frames of brood. Are there any tbh

keepers in Auckland that would be willing to pass on a frame?

Comment by Gary and Margaret - Kiwimana on February 6, 2012 at 8:18am

Hi marjolijn,

It sounds like the hive could be Queenless and you have a drone laying working.  How long has the Queen cell been in the hive?  Is is longer than the gest period of a Queen?

Thanks...Gary

Comment by marjolijn vos on February 5, 2012 at 12:59pm

HELP! I need help please! I've just opened my hive and found more than

50% drones... Very small amount of capped worker cells. No more

capped drone cells that I could see thankfully. Possibly 1 queen cell.

No eggs. Small amount of stores. Drones have consumed at least 3

frames of honey.... Ideas I have thought of include asking for a couple

of frames of brood from another tbh keeper and buying a new queen...

Can anyone give me advice/help?

Comment by Nicholas Mayne on February 5, 2012 at 9:07am

Lost another queen! Looks like they successfully produced a virgin queen. There is certainly more to HTB hives than the books suggest. You need the right type of bees (not too virile); and you need to look into the hive quite often. Next season I am going to try a framed hive.

Comment by marjolijn vos on January 29, 2012 at 11:37am

My top bar is doing awesome! Took out 2 bars and got heaps of cut

comb and 6 jars of honey, yum. We have a wild swarm in the neighbours

avocado tree doing really well too. Tho I have been told the varroa will

kill them... By the way would love to see some tb keepers at the Auckland bee club to share their knowledge and experience to newbies

Comment by Daniel Martin on January 3, 2012 at 9:20pm

Hi Stu

From your description, those conical raised cells are Drone cells.

Cheers, Daniel

Comment by Stu Miller on January 3, 2012 at 7:23pm

Hi everyone,

I installed two new packages the week before christmas. I've just opened them up for the second inspection and it looks like both queens have been busy laying, with one hive looking slightly stronger than the other. I noticed about 5 or 6 conical projections from the comb they have drawn (both hives are foundationless) in the weaker hive though...are these queen cells? Should I be worried?

Any advice would be great. Didn't have my camera today but if need be I will take some photos this week.

Thanks

Stu

Comment by Pbee on January 3, 2012 at 1:43pm

All 4 are gone!

Thanks for watching!

Pleased Pbee

Comment by RaVeN on December 18, 2011 at 12:33pm

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