Guilfordbeekeepers.org

Thanks for the help!

No, I did not. I made a bad assumption & should have looked further. Thanks for the clarification.

If there are larve in royal jelly in the Queen cups, then is it a supercedure cell? What then?

I saw what looked like normal brood cells. Some capped, some with larve. I think the queen is still present or has been within the last few days based on the larve size.

I also saw what appeared to be several supercedure cells.

I have a new colony from a package installed 4/6/13. I checked at day 4 to insure the queen that came with he package was released & she was. I have been unable to go back into that hive until yesterday & saw several supercedure cells. I also saw larve - relatively small ones. I did not see ...

will do. thanks.

Thanks. There seemed to be more bees facing the hive, as if they were trying to get in. Some leaving but not as many. Typically I will see 6-12 at a time coming & going. This seemed like 40-50. I did see some confrontation but not like i've seen online watching robbing videos on youtube! I put a...

I'm seeing a lot of bees flying around one of my hive's main entrance, more than seems normal. I have two new hives this year and both have done well & seem strong. Can someone descibe what robbing looks like and the best way to stop it?

Thanks for the help!

btw, I have never seen much congestion of bees on either of my hives at the entrance... until today

its a new hive install as of March this year. I thought the recommendation was an entrance reducer for the first year of a new install(?)

Yes, i have a screened bottom board & a the mite count cor-x panel is still in place.

Here are 2 pictures from my 8:30 visit. Tighter groups. More in the back than the front. bees still going into the hive entrance

Why would they 'beard' like that around an alternative entrance? Rob mentioned they might be my bees at the entrance & a swarm at the rear... I just went out to check them (8:30pm) and they are still grouped that way. Thoughts?

here's the other pic

Here's another view of that hive. Note the unpainted medium super on top. i ran out of room 2 weeks ago & put this on in haste. This is a new package March 30 install.

Thanks for the input. Unfortunately I do not have equipment. They may be from the hive they are attached to - i saw some questionable cell on it Sunday. I have 2 and both hives are bearding. I'm planning on going into the hives tomorrow mid-morning for inspections. Marc said he would bring a nuke by...

I got home early from work & found this about 3:30pm. We just had a huge storm blow over and more bad weather in the area.