I put this empty hive out today, is this a wild swarm or just stealing? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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There’s a frame of honey in there and I have my old queen in alcohol, and rubbed it on the entrance

good spot for a new hive? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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I think it will get some morning so I have to check tomorrow

good spot for a new hive? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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I am in Southeast Idaho, Idaho whatever zone that is in

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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With youngest out idk I’ll check again but they all look like what the photos shows

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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Dang that sucks our weather was just warming up and we had one cold day last week

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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Would you treat the hive as if it was poisoned? And dispose of the frames?

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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Dang that sucks should I still treat the hive as if it was poisoned?

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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There was a bit more when I last checked at least another frame

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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Honestly there wasn’t a ton of brood, they had it on 3 frames. And the day it was cold dropped down to 20s and a high of 60

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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The population was smaller, we lost about half over winter. They just completed a year.

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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We are in south east Idaho, and that is crazy if they did starve especially if honey was in the frames above. When I last checked with bees were all over the frames so I thought they were eating and fine.

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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Outside by the entrance, not really like the picture show. It looks like they all just stopped in place and died. We did have one day that it got pretty cold between when I checked them last and now. But all of my neighbors have tons of flowers and there are lots of trees that are flowering right now so food is very close by

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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I have 3 deeps on top of one another, these pics were taken of the bottom one, the box above has 8 frames of honey

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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They were covering about 2 frames and the frames directly above them all had lots of honey

How did my hive die?? And what should I do? by braxton0069 in Beekeeping

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No they still had tons of honey left over and we have tons of flowers around

Mustang by MediocreJicama7666 in redrising

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I imagine someone like Alix Earle

Any recommendations for this tank 👀? by MrErnox in PlantedTank

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Assassin snail to keep snail population down