The Honey Factory

[WallyG74]

You’re doing the bees a disservice by keeping them in just one hive. Try that one.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

You’re doing the bees a disservice by keeping them in just one hive. Try that one.

So I keep them in 4.

 

[Apis mellifera]

I have an overwintered nuc that had a queen with tattered wings, could have been from fighting after she was mated. Rare, but it can happen. She was a great laying queen but would never be able to swarm. Sometimes a colony will try and swarm with a non flying queen and end up as a clump of bees on the ground in front of the hive. This nuc superseded her instead of a failed swarm. You can see the nice laying pattern around the emerged cell. Didn't look for the new queen yet, I'll give her time before looking for eggs. Notice the worker below the empty cell that just brought in propolis.