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If there is no brood at all, you may not have a laying worker, you may just still have drones from before. You can try purchasing a new queen, and try introducing her to the hive to build it up before winter. You would need to feed feed feed so that they have time to build up their honey...

I have just a few words of advice. 1. Get a good book and read.... A couple that I have found very valuable are First Lessons in Beekeeping by Keith S. Delaplane and The Backyard Beekeeper by Kim Flottom Having a resource available when you have questions is very valuable 2. Get involved in...

I think keeping an epi pen available is a very important and responsible thing to do. Not only in case you have a reaction, but there are so many people that are allergic to bees that if one gets stung when they are visiting you, you really should be prepared to help out in that way........as a...

Try looking up a local or semi local beekeepers association. (where are you located?) You will need some help to relocate them if it is possible. They will not relocate on their own without moving the queen and that means opening up the hive. You will need some help from an experienced...

I got honey My DH and I just spent the last 3 hours harvesting 3 gallons of honey. I was amazed at how much honey came out of only 9 frames. It really tastes good too. See the cleanup efforts at work

Those look like supercedure cells. The hive is trying to replace their queen.

Rubyrogue, please check out MannLake and Dadant for supplies. Remember to factor in shipping as these may not be local for you. Both of these companies are well know and reliable suppliers of beekeeping supplies. SurprisingWoman, I know it is stressful and nerve wracking, but remember, there...

Are those top bar hives? I use foundation but it doesn't look like you did. The comb looks wonderful. From what I hear, at least here in Virginia, you need to have 2 deep boxes of drawn comb for the bees to store honey for the winter. (8 -9 frames in each box is probably good) It takes that...

Very interesting about the fire ants. We really don't have them here, just those pesky little black ants that seem to be everywhere, including the kitchen sometimes. They actually bother the hive top feeders more than the hives I think. I guess that is one of the big advantages of the...

Pincher bugs or earwigs like dark damp locations. Make sure your telescoping cover is lifted up a little at one end for ventilation. I don't think you will find that there is a problem with them inside the hive, just under the telescoping cover where the bees aren't busy at work. Ants can be...

actually looks like there is capped brood in the bottom picture.

Exactly, I second that. Any space they can fill, they will, except where we want them too on the lovely little foundation we provide.

I can never figure out where the bees go. We have a pond, and lots of clover and I almost never see honey bees on either, and we have 4 hives. They fly over the trees and off to some unknown wonderful source of their own. Only they know where they go! Isn't it wonderful, all part of the...

I don't use queen excluders (aka honey excluders), but this may bring up a whole line of discussion. In our hives, the two deeps on the bottom are for brood and honey storage for the winter, the med. super above is to harvest if they fill it. For the winter in VA, they need 40-60 lbs of honey...

So glad all is well. I am fascinated by the top bar hive. I will be very interested to hear how it goes for you. There is no one in my area using them--I wonder how you harvest honey?, or do you? My DH never uses a veil or even long sleeves to work the hives. I get larger reactions to...

Queen issues are so frustrating. We have had one hive swarm twice in the last 2 years and it didn't raise a new queen either time. Thank goodness we knew both times of a place we could buy one, but that is not always the case. In 2 years, we sure have made our share of mistakes with the...

Just found this thread, and so glad I did. We got bees last year, and chickens this year. I guess they are our empty nest hobbies. This year we got 3 new hives to go along with our 15 chickens. So far, our oldest hive swarmed, and did not requeen, so we had to buy a new one. The three new...