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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 10136" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Drone pupae. Reasons for this as per Mumzie but this can be pretty normal at this time of year.</p><p></p><p>How was the hive treated by the guy you bought it from? IE, Bayvarol, oxalic, or what?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's the skin of a pupae. Bees not fighting they are probably licking it dry before one of them flies off with it to dump it somewhere.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Incoming bees get checked over by other bees to see if they belong.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Front door is so small they have to fan to get enough air into the hive.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Good move avoiding the wind. Wind is the worst thing for a hive and although early morning sun is good, wind is more damaging than wether or not they have the right amount of sun. Your place does look kind of windy, my recommendation would be first get them into a sheltered place, second worry about the sun and if both can't be right, get the wind situation as good as you can.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not a worry. The popular belief is you have the sun shine in the front door early to wake them up and get working early. In practise it doesn't make a huge amount of difference to your end of season honey crop. One reason is that the flowers often don't have much nectar super early in the day.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Wasps can be an issue for bees especially if they have varroa and the hive is not configured properly. Trees wasps like 25 m away will not have any bearing on the wasps bothering your bees or not. Magpies are a non issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 10136, member: 13"] Drone pupae. Reasons for this as per Mumzie but this can be pretty normal at this time of year. How was the hive treated by the guy you bought it from? IE, Bayvarol, oxalic, or what? It's the skin of a pupae. Bees not fighting they are probably licking it dry before one of them flies off with it to dump it somewhere. Incoming bees get checked over by other bees to see if they belong. Front door is so small they have to fan to get enough air into the hive. Good move avoiding the wind. Wind is the worst thing for a hive and although early morning sun is good, wind is more damaging than wether or not they have the right amount of sun. Your place does look kind of windy, my recommendation would be first get them into a sheltered place, second worry about the sun and if both can't be right, get the wind situation as good as you can. Not a worry. The popular belief is you have the sun shine in the front door early to wake them up and get working early. In practise it doesn't make a huge amount of difference to your end of season honey crop. One reason is that the flowers often don't have much nectar super early in the day. Wasps can be an issue for bees especially if they have varroa and the hive is not configured properly. Trees wasps like 25 m away will not have any bearing on the wasps bothering your bees or not. Magpies are a non issue. [/QUOTE]
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