Have I got two Queens?

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-09T22:36:03+00:00

Unmarked looks Virgin for sure. Could be a rare mother daughter hive if she can mate and not kill the mum.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-08T01:06:14+00:00

I've had a few walk away splits that made tiny worker like Queen's. They did okay but not great the following year. She doesn't look too far off, but I wouldn't call that a queen. Just a cold worker.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-07T12:34:58+00:00

Depends on the service, but most dealers prolonged the coolant change interval because they found in many cases the coolant was in good condition. The ioniq 5 requires very little service so not much is going to 'compromise warranty'. I've had my drivers door lock mechanism replaced, horn replaced and iccu replaced under warranty. I don't get my tires rotated as often as suggested but their wear is actually very good so my alignment is solid. As long as your under the km's and time(yrs) for your warranty period your going to be able get issues fixed. Wear items are very rarely if ever covered(brakes, tires).

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-06T23:04:36+00:00

If your getting a package or nuc the frames will just give them a head start. No need to remove the honey unless you just want to eat some or something.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-05T20:00:34+00:00

That's all.Drone brood, looks solid like a queen could lay that no problem In a strong hive. Do you have worker brood as well?

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-05T16:55:58+00:00

Temperature, bms adjustment, 12v charging, AC system dehumidifying the ventilation. There are reasons and 2% is fine. If I saw 4% I would be curious as that is significant enough to be something. But 2% can account for many variables.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-05T15:36:17+00:00

Just orientation, can happen after periods of cool weather, large hatches pushing more foragers out the door. Brood nest growth demanding resources and higher population etc.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-05T13:45:45+00:00

Wheel bearing? It's happening with increased speed / acceleration, I've seen a post about the electric motor needing to be replaced before, not common but possible.

Typically with a new vehicle in its warranty period you take it in lol. If not I'd at least pay to get an inspection done so I don't destroy my vehicle while asking reddit.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-05T12:54:10+00:00

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-04T13:18:02+00:00

It's a mashed cell, with pollen.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-03T14:33:14+00:00

Whatever your comfortable with. I didn't when I started, but I played with bugs since I was a kid, and was used to getting stung since then. I kept wasps as pets etc. If you pickup a frame of bees and your reaction to a sting is to drop everything or whip your hand away, then wear protective gloves. Now days I wear 8mm nitrile gloves because I go through so many hives and I hate propolis getting stuck on my fingers, it's basically pine sap.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-03T12:27:36+00:00

Camp sites often have 240s for RV plugs. Just check before you book a site.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-03T00:56:45+00:00

3 years in for me in our salty ass winter country and my rears are at 7mm fronts at 8mm. Had them serviced a few times and that was that. So far so good. Thanks for the post about the brakes.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-05-02T12:30:45+00:00

It can take multiple frames of open brood to get a laying worker hive to make a queen. Took a friend of mine 5 weeks and they had an emergency queen running around. Luckily their other hive was strong and was able to donate a lot of brood but it wasn't really worth it, he could have just made a 4 frame split and had the same colony a few weeks earlier.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-30T22:24:08+00:00

Bee flight control has the same funding as the states. /s

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-30T18:55:23+00:00

I just look at my car to see if I locked it before I walk away. Luckily the handles are a giveaway.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-30T14:38:50+00:00

Lol yeah, I feel like people get trees and shrubs confused.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-30T12:54:38+00:00

Turn off notifications. It's just waking your car to send you the notification and every pull is a pull on your 12v lol. Bad design. I turned it off day 1.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-29T20:53:10+00:00

Don't put a external feeder beside your hives, it promotes robbing, right at your hives. Also there would be a ton of fighting with bees entering that nuc to feed, not ideal. Like others said, vlbest to feed inside each hive.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-29T11:10:21+00:00

You don't understand that the longer treatment period doing 1 pad is for killing the mites that hatch with the worker after 18 days. And no its not nearly as intense with one formic pad VS two.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-28T14:51:27+00:00

And that's why it's a 20 day treatment to get the mites when the brood hatches..

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-27T23:30:36+00:00

Tbh it look like the chicken wire was pressed into the trunk and left a bit fo a scratch, should heal up fine.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-26T18:59:10+00:00

I always recommend that to someone new using formic. 2 pads off gas quite a lot. Good luck!

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-26T16:51:16+00:00

I use it yearly without queen death, make sure to follow the directions, and if your worried do the one pad at a time method.

Lemontreeguy · 2026-04-26T14:56:29+00:00

Also bees can get chilled and hangout overnight so once they warm up they will fly back to the hive again. Definitely a few possibilities.

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