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Feed the protein, build that hive brother.

LOL, don't forget the banana factor, it's a doozy. One day you will not even be able to get close to the hive, on bad days leave the hive alone. Some days bees get really really angry, and there's...

From the pictures, it doesn't look like robbers, it would be a lot busier, and the entrance would look crowded, as they overwhelm the guards.

Sometimes nucs can get wiped out by a powerful hive.
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They could be robber bees from another hive. They are usually attracted by sugar syrup feeding.

YCC,

Your bees are a nice light color, that's good. The darker they are the more nasty they are.

Some abandoned hives I've left out and a wild hive has moved in that have been really...

I use a centrifugal hand crank extractor, and I've only ever used the horizontal wired frames. Four frames at a time.
I just run the steam capping knife down the face, and spin them out.
My...

I ask because I have only ever used frames with the horizontal wires. They are timber frames with wax foundation, and i've never had a problem with just the horizontal wiring.

Hi YCC,

Just a question about your frames. Why do you have vertical wires through your frame, and foundation ? I've never seen that before.