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<blockquote data-quote="Bez&amp;gt;" data-source="post: 359248" data-attributes="member: 6007"><p>Locating the queen - pull out the frames one by one and look for her. She will not fly away and she is very much larger than the workers as you know. Leave one frame out and simply move the others over as you look at them. When you are finished put the one on the ground back in the super.</p><p></p><p>I generally can find her in about 5 minutes or less. </p><p></p><p>Over winter - wrap well with insulation and leave a top hole open. Put the hives 4 to a group and wrap them as one. Block the bottom holes - put mouse bait around the hive and under the hives. I place the hives on a pallet - 4 to a pallet and they stay that way forever - two are side by side and therefore two are back to back.</p><p></p><p>Feed them sugar water -as much as they will take - take as much honey away as possible - less cleansing flights required for defecation.</p><p></p><p>Contact the Alberta Honey Co-op - Edmonton I think - they have some excellent information on over wintering in cold weather. My bees used to make it through minus 45 with no probs - would always lose a few - natural attrition.</p><p></p><p>Oh, the new queen goes in the other half!! 8) </p><p></p><p>Bez></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez>, post: 359248, member: 6007"] Locating the queen - pull out the frames one by one and look for her. She will not fly away and she is very much larger than the workers as you know. Leave one frame out and simply move the others over as you look at them. When you are finished put the one on the ground back in the super. I generally can find her in about 5 minutes or less. Over winter - wrap well with insulation and leave a top hole open. Put the hives 4 to a group and wrap them as one. Block the bottom holes - put mouse bait around the hive and under the hives. I place the hives on a pallet - 4 to a pallet and they stay that way forever - two are side by side and therefore two are back to back. Feed them sugar water -as much as they will take - take as much honey away as possible - less cleansing flights required for defecation. Contact the Alberta Honey Co-op - Edmonton I think - they have some excellent information on over wintering in cold weather. My bees used to make it through minus 45 with no probs - would always lose a few - natural attrition. Oh, the new queen goes in the other half!! 8) Bez> [/QUOTE]
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