Backyard Beekeeping Question and Answers Episode 103 with Frederick Dunn

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1) Have you had a chance to open your Long Langstroth Hive yet? 2:00

 

2) There is too much space between lower frames and upper frames, more than the recommended 3/8" "bee space", could I shave off the boxes to get them closer to that ideal space and eliminate the burr comb issues? 10:10

 

3) You have talked about not using Queen Excluders and using a honey-bridge in Flow-Hives to prevent the queen from laying. My confusion is, what is preventing the Queen from expanding her brood into a medium super? 17:55

 

4) Do you re-queen feral bees, swarms that you catch? And if so, do you recommend waiting 3 days? 26:20

 

5) I have a hive with a laying worker, confirmed by only drone brood present, should I allow them to dwindle away, or combine them with another active hive? 30:17

 

6) One item that still perplexes me, is how the boxes just merely stack on each other. We have high winds etc... 40:55

 

7) Is there a downside to taking a frame of honey and brood from another hive to help keep swarms in their box? I have a colony that isn't completely dead, but has only a few bees coming and going. Should they be helped? 45:30

 

8) How did the Broodminder function over winter for you? 52:20

 

9) How do you deal with a very small colony if you also have large ones? 55:50

 

10) I built a long Langstroth hive, I put a nucleus colony in it and they did not survive. I used all plastic Acorn Frames. 1:04:04

 

11) Why do you put your Long Lang hive entrance elevated from the bottom, why not have it level with the interior floor? 1:09:04

 

12) I have 4 hives that are doing great, is late March, early April too early for making splits? 1:15:09

 

13) Will a queen lay workers that vary in appearance? Or is this likely due to bee drift? Thoughts? 1:17:41

 

14) Do you recommend reversing boxes? The lower box has only drawn comb. 1:23:09

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