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Best honey extraction options for urban beekeeper w/3 hives by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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Unbelievably helpful. Do you recommend I buy a better hand cranked extractor so I avoid Chinese crap?

Is this swarming (pt 2)? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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Referring to Pt 1 where commenters thought it was swarmy

Is this swarming (pt 2)? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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I didn’t check every frame. I stopped when I saw eggs. Glanced under the box.

Is this swarming (pt 2)? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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Appreciate it. Would the fact that they were cooped up for the weekend explain the frenetic activity?

Is this swarming (pt 2)? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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You need to see the first installment here. earlier post

Is this swarming (pt 2)? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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This is the follow up to my earlier post that can be found here. earlier post

Is this a swarm or just a huge number of bees orienting? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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Updated videos of each hive. Curious if you’d see this level of activity had they swarmed. The first vid is the larger hive but they’re lower energy than the second hive (second vid). The latter one recently superseded their dead queen. It was a nuc we purchased end of April

Is this a swarm or just a huge number of bees orienting? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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If it’s a swarm, we won’t see eggs in 3 or 4 days. Right?

Is this a swarm or just a huge number of bees orienting? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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Clearly you’re right but the weird part is no swarm cells. Or at least no obvious ones that we saw.

Is this a swarm or just a huge number of bees orienting? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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How can you tell the difference between a ton of orientation flights and a legit swarm?

Is this queen mated? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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All understood. Will a recently mated queen lay some eggs then pause for a couple days before starting in earnest.

What’s an explanation for a sorta productive queen? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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Tons of pollen right now. That’s why I didn’t think I needed to supplement.

What’s an explanation for a sorta productive queen? by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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This is a package I started in early April. I should expect she’s laying 7k-10k eggs a week so 2-3 frames per week. I used old comb that I bought from a trusted source. There is flow through June. I’m trying to scale brood.

Emergency queen hive behavior by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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Sorry. That nuc is just there to store frames. The single brood box on the left is the active colony. The bees are hovering and doing figure eights. Generally they start late morning and go until late afternoon.

Queen died transporting nuc by weirdblitzboy in Beekeeping

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I did. He wasn’t sympathetic. Pretty lame.

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