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Mon, Aug 20, 12 at 20:48
| Last week I checked my bees and there was plenty of honey, I thought that I would be harvesting today. I opened the hive and about a third of the capped cells were empty. There are tons of bees in the hive, I added a super to the ones that are there because I thought they needed some more room. I was wondering if they were eating the honey in preperation of swarming. I couldn't find the queen but there was plenty of brood and eggs. I didn't see any queen cells but when I took the brood boxes apart I split a bunch of comb that was built between the boxes.I don't know if there were any queens there. Any info or ideas wwould be helpful. Thanks Rich |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 1:19
| If the caped honey is gone,..I'm thinking of lack of nectar, bad weather and no flying time for some day's, ..or robbing. |
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| Perhaps you were hit by robbers from another colony? |
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| They swarmed shortly after last post. There is still plenty of honey left and bees. I have two 6" supers with plenty of honey but all the frames are only partically capped a couple are about 75% capped, does anyone know if i could harvest that honey with the uncappd cells. |
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