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<blockquote data-quote="Bron" data-source="post: 8633" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Georgia, hi, next fine day have a wee look at the honey super, if they’re waxing the top you might need another honey super on top. All good, sorted!</p><p></p><p>If when you look at the super and there still seems to have space, then you might need to have a wee look into your brood boxes.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Do you have eggs? Yay! A Queen. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you don’t have eggs, do you have cells? Has one of them hatched? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Does the bees have the usual number of bees? Great, its not swarmed. Hopefully you’ve got a new Queen. Check for eggs in a week to ten days.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Does the hive have empty cells? If yes, then shut it up and leave them to it, they’re just hot. If no, then are they honey or pollen clogged? See if there’s any frames you can shake, check for the queen and lift into the super, replacing with an empty frame.</li> </ol><p>This is bees do crazy things time. Mostly they sort themselves out with or without our help. As long as you have eggs and space for the Queen to lay then they pretty well don’t need us 🐝 bothering.</p><p></p><p>This is pretty simplistic, but as long as you check for eggs or act if you don’t have any then at this time of the year the girls will sort it for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bron, post: 8633, member: 59"] Georgia, hi, next fine day have a wee look at the honey super, if they’re waxing the top you might need another honey super on top. All good, sorted! If when you look at the super and there still seems to have space, then you might need to have a wee look into your brood boxes. [LIST=1] [*]Do you have eggs? Yay! A Queen. [*]If you don’t have eggs, do you have cells? Has one of them hatched? [*]Does the bees have the usual number of bees? Great, its not swarmed. Hopefully you’ve got a new Queen. Check for eggs in a week to ten days. [*]Does the hive have empty cells? If yes, then shut it up and leave them to it, they’re just hot. If no, then are they honey or pollen clogged? See if there’s any frames you can shake, check for the queen and lift into the super, replacing with an empty frame. [/LIST] This is bees do crazy things time. Mostly they sort themselves out with or without our help. As long as you have eggs and space for the Queen to lay then they pretty well don’t need us 🐝 bothering. This is pretty simplistic, but as long as you check for eggs or act if you don’t have any then at this time of the year the girls will sort it for you. [/QUOTE]
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