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       June 15th Hive inspections at Anton & Christies
   DIR By: Steve Vogel
       Date: June 18, 2019, 8:45 am
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       We had a rather small turn out Saturday but it was quite
       informative and I believe that we all learned several things
       from this experience.
       also, there were several hives to go through.   YOU should have
       been there!!!
       
       [attachimg=1]
       If you find comb that has been drawn out like this, it should
       be removed.  Bees don't always like plastic and have a tendency
       to build the comb up and off
       the foundation.
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       Re: June 15th Hive inspections at Anton & Christies
   DIR By: Steve Vogel
       Date: June 18, 2019, 10:05 am
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       Here we have capped brood (tan colored) and some larvae.
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       Re: June 15th Hive inspections at Anton & Christies
   DIR By: Steve Vogel
       Date: June 19, 2019, 6:20 am
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       Can you spot the Queen?
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       Re: June 15th Hive inspections at Anton & Christies
   DIR By: Steve Vogel
       Date: June 19, 2019, 6:23 am
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       Here James is marking this Queen making her much easier to spot
       in a crowd.
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       Re: June 15th Hive inspections at Anton & Christies
   DIR By: Steve Vogel
       Date: June 19, 2019, 6:25 am
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       Here we have a SERIOUS PROBLEM!!!  Do you know what it is???
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       Re: June 15th Hive inspections at Anton & Christies
   DIR By: mcarbees
       Date: June 25, 2019, 1:16 pm
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       Has to be a laying worker, right? Though the cell being so big
       confuses me a little...
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       Re: June 15th Hive inspections at Anton & Christies
   DIR By: Steve Vogel
       Date: June 25, 2019, 2:13 pm
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       Carl,
       You got it.  A laying worker.  It's not too difficult to know
       if you have a laying worker because she doesn't lay just one egg
       per cell.  The difficult part is in spotting her.  I now have a
       laying worker in one of my colonies.  I went through it this
       afternoon trying to find her but couldn't.  I did find several
       hundred eggs....
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       Re: June 15th Hive inspections at Anton & Christies
   DIR By: Steve Vogel
       Date: July 2, 2019, 2:16 pm
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       --- Quote from: Carl McBee link ---
       >
       > Has to be a laying worker, right? Though the cell being so big
       confuses me a little...
       >
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       The cell is larger than normal because it was designed to be a
       Queen cell.
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