Comments on: High Drama and the Virgin Queen Piping

By: The queen bee is piping in the hive – Westphoria | A blog by Sunset

The queen bee is piping in the hive – Westphoria | A blog by Sunset — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:05:31 +0000

[...] It’s definitely bee season. We’ve got two packages of bees arriving next week. While waiting, I’ve been enjoying the blog of Mistress Beek in Albuquerque. I love this post, entitled High Drama and the Virgin Queen Piping. [...]

By: LindyLambChopsNZ

LindyLambChopsNZ — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:16:43 +0000

So pleased to find your Blog what excellent photos. I am very new to bee keeping. Husband just built two Top Bar Hives for the garden. We found a swarm of bees & think we are on our way! Am trying to find as much information on this type of bee keeping as possible. So thank you very much for your Blog.

Bee Happy!

By: Backyard Bee

Backyard Bee — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:00:23 +0000

I’m in CO. We started last year with a swarm, but had to re-start this year. Thanks to your video of installing a package, I felt very prepared when I restocked our hive.

By: mistress beek

mistress beek — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:53:39 +0000

For some reason, the Kerry Hive contained both swarm and supercedure cells.

- Swarm cells are found on the sides, edges, or bottoms of the comb.
- Supercedure cells are found in the middle of a comb.

I’ll see if I can post a couple photos illustrating the difference.

Thanks for saying hi! BTW, where do you keep your TBH?

By: Backyard Bee

Backyard Bee — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:40:11 +0000

Very nice pictures! as usual. Just started keeping bees in a TBH, so your blog is awesome.

How can you tell the difference b/n a swarm cell and a supercedure cell?

By: mistress beek

mistress beek — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:04:44 +0000

Hi Jim, thanks for stopping by! And also for kind words and linkage.

Glad to hear both of your new queens were accepted. Here’s to a healthy and productive summer!

By: Jim Stovall

Jim Stovall — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:14:46 +0000

Thanks very much for this post, and especially the pictures. They’re excellent.

Getting a queen accepted into a hive always worrisome.

I linked to this post on my blog: http://honeydotcomb.blogspot.com.

I’m also putting this on http://beeprof.com.

All the best.

Jim Stovall