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I now have 2 dead ones in my yard. One was huge!

About 2 weeks ago I was able to replace 3 frames with capped brood with bees and a new queen package. Now both hives are doing great! Thank you for the help.

Thank you, you are both very kind.

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The bee inspector came today. He could not find a problem with the hive but said something had to be done. The queen is still there but 50 or less other bees. He recommends finding her a new home or getting a couple of frames of capped brood.

I started my first 2 hives ever about 10 days ago. One hive had the queen die in the package box within 4 days of installation. The company I got it from was superb and replaced the queen right away. That hive is doing very well. My other hive did not release their queen so I had to poke a hole in t...

What is the purple eye stage?

Thank you, Wally. Everyone has been so helpful. There is so much to look at in the forums it may take a while to get it all looked at and posts made. I am excited and looking forward to this new venture. I have ordered 2 packages of bees which I will pick up at the end of March. Now I need to start ...

I think it is great the Boy Scouts are interested. I would like to do the same for my son's troop. How do we get the BSA to reactivate the merit badge? Of course it can be done without official credit but it would be nice for the boys to get credit for all the hard work.