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[ashhad1]

k question,
As you said the white dot is put on by the bee keeper, so when you said that the first queen leaves as the new queens hatch and come back how would you know which ones the queen. I mean you wouldnt get the chance to put the white dot on the queen?

[adam james]

Hello ashhad , The queens are diffrent to the workers , they are larger and have a longer adomen , Bee keepers can find the new queen and take her out and mark her with a special bee marking pen , then put her back .

[ashhad1]

Ah ok thanks lol JUst wondering as I thought the queen isnt much bigger then the workers. (read it somewere)

[SteveUK28]

How long is it now untill you get your bee's adam?

[adam james]

Hello steve ,I have to ring a freind who has bees on the 15th of febuary and hes gonna sort me out a colony from his stock .

[SteveUK28]

Awesome.. cant wait for the pics and u to update the diary..

[Kale^^]

Sounds really cool, can't wait to see the bees themselves.. By the way : have you figured out how to prevent them from actually moving somewhere else?
Do you have a "queen filter", hole that a worker can move in and out, but queen can't?

[JimmyVe]

I'll bee waiting with interest how your "colony" will do after they arrive, nice set-up btw

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[adam james]

Hello kale , i wont be stopping the queen from moving around but if i did want to i could buy a queen excluder so i could keep her in one area .

[mzfckr]

they cant just move out?

[bigbibble]

Thats a great setup. I been keeping bees for ages but never had an observation hive. How did you make yours?

[adam james]

Hello bigbubble , all i did was buy a reptile vivarium and put some wood around the inside to hold the frames .I then added a tube to the outside so the bees can come and go .

Adam

[SteveUK28]

hi Guys.. i was readin today that cos of all the really crap weather we have been havin honey production has taken a huge blow.. what can u tell me about that ???

[adam james]

Hello steve. The honey production season hasnt started yet due to the fact all bees are still fairly inactive till the weather warms .

[darradar]

I have to ring a freind who has bees on the 15th of febuary and hes gonna sort me out a colony from his stock

Just wandering Adam, did you get the bees yet..?

I know thw wheather has not been kind, so maybe this is postponing things....