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[@woodlandharvesthoneycompanyllc]

Greg all the possibilities of things you could do with the monster hive are great but don't split them down until you have time to study this hive and learn all you can. Also graft a bunch of queens from the queen that is in that hive so you can continue learning about what is going on. You have an awesome opportunity. The bees are telling you something.

[@aaronparis4714]

Bruce you make sure you look after that army vet I hope he enjoys his time I think you just changed his life ❤

[@williambates6811]

It is time to break the hive down and graft from the queen. How much is the genetics of the queen worth to your breeding program? I have a hive that I need to make some nucs out of to make daughter queens. Pull several frames eggs for grafting while in the hive.

[@researcherAmateur]

Jezda Pcelar.. an old channel. In a black locust forest. A Balkans forest. Look at those skyscrapers.. 10 or more pounds of honey per frame in the boxes with 7 frames only. No excluders because queens don't like 7 frames spacing. And you know how short a black locust flow is.. That's what we can do in a good year but it's getting more difficult every year

[@framcesmoore]

Emerecy q cell inferiour swarm are the best, super ceder is 2nd as being good

[@wadebarnes6720]

If you want some Queens off the queen in there you really need to do something with it because the queen in their will get superseded or she will swarm and you won't even know it. I have one and still have it I have done made three new colonies not counting the original hive and she is starting a new one now and the original one is still 4 deep

[@philipmontgomery5626]

Use ratchet straps with a weighted foundation. Good job being a Christian who is proud of Jesus. I am in Adams county,Ohio. I love Jesus too!

[@davidmaloney2724]

By placing boxes of drawn comb on a strong colony between two boxes of brood forces the queen to lay that box up with brood. This is normal. You end up with a monter colony.

[@3Beehivesto300]

Can you pin Brian’s channel in the comments?

[@aaronparis4714]

Grow them mushrooms 😅

[@aaronparis4714]

Season is great in Nova Scotia flow is just starting and it’s been great weather

[@johngarner1386]

Do you worry about the queen being superseded after your honey pull?

[@r.j.m9993]

just to help silence those crickets I will comment. In my opinion a Queen cell is a Queen cell no matter where or why it is there.

[@aaronparis4714]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 fun guy 😂😂😂😂😂

[@paulgroth5414]

Emergency

[@researcherAmateur]

Since we started using cages for brood breaks together with that we learned how to produce superseded queens. Now I'm grafting 50% of my queens and force supersede the other 50%. People won't like it but the grafted ones are worse.. in average ofcourse. The superseded queens are made from a bigger egg because the queen can't lay as much as she wants and has to keep her eggs in. And the cells are made ,maybe 5 with a hive full of bees that emerged and had nothing else to feed.. and the brood box is now a pollen box so the conditions can't be better.

[@researcherAmateur]

Swarm cells queens.. in average you get a couple of great ones, some average ones and the rest is junk. With emergency cells.. it has to be done at the right time and you have to come back to take off the capped ones. And maybe get a good one if you're lucky