In this video we visit the backyard apiary and notice a landing board that is in trouble. Signs of robbing and how to stop it.
After that, a hive investigation to see why the colony was weak in the first place, making it prone to being robbed out.
If a colony is weak or queenless, we go through how to combine to small colonies into one more functional super organism.
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My weekly question and answer video will post during the weekend. Thank you very much for your patience.
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I also use it for dry sugar feeding in winter.