The table below shows brood development and the impact of queen isolation (so she cannot lay). Green cells are eggs Blue cells are larvae Orange cells are capped brood The chart is based on the worker lifecycle (21 days from egg to emergence). Obviously drone brood is slightly longer under cell cappings (24 days to emergence). The yellow cells up in the top row indicate when queen is isolated (day #1) and released (day #15). We are assuming the queen immediately begins to lay when released,...

Everything seems to have skyrocketed in price over the past 2-3 years. One thing that hasn't changed much is the price of honey. Retail...

Just some quick thoughts on how to feed sugar to bees. Use only white sugar! Raw sugar contains more material that bees cannot digest and...