Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers largely focused on swarms, queens, mating flights, and other spring management issues.
Today's Topics are listed in order below:
1) Can I use Temp-Queen to entice a swarm out of the wall of a neighbor's home?
2) The Apimaye plastic bottom board isn't good for Oxalic Acid Vaporization, how about a slatted rack.
3) Do Virgin Queens ever make mating flights while in a temporary swarm location?
4) Do you have updates on the Ivry-B Hive? Good for winter locations?
5) Do you add Honey-B-Healthy to your sugar syrup that you use to spray swarms?
6) I have an old queen that is producing drones, is she worth saving?
7) Not interested in making more splits. Why are they continuing to make queen cells?
8) What is a "resource frame" when you are making up a Super-Split?
9) Should I keep my entrance hole the same time all year round?
10) Can Swarm Commander negatively impact a colony install if it's inside a hive?
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CHAPTERS: Courtesy of Adam Holmes
00:00 Introduction
09:39 Can I use Temp-Queen to entice a swarm out of the wall of a neighbor's home?
19:15 The Apimaye plastic bottom board isn't good for Oxalic Acid Vaporization, how about a slatted rack.
27:04 Do Virgin Queens ever make mating flights while in a temporary swarm location?
33:03 Do you have updates on the Ivry-B Hive? Good for winter locations?
36:17 Do you add Honey-B-Healthy to your sugar syrup that you use to spray swarms?
39:42 I have an old queen that is producing drones, is she worth saving?
44:14 Not interested in making more splits. Why are they continuing to make queen cells?
48:12 What is a "resource frame" when you are making up a Super-Split?
55:00 Should I keep my entrance hole the same time all year round?
01:04:38 Can Swarm Commander negatively impact a colony install if it's inside a hive?