carefull !

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I'm a hobbist beekeeper, had two hives and one died off in the fall, I
think the neighbor's use of pesticides got them. I left the black
plastic frames out over the winter to let the bugs and whatever clean
them off and all the wax came off. If I put them into the existing
hive will the bees rebuild the foundation? Do I need to recoat them
with wax? Or are they just shot? Thank you.

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Sorry, I know that this isn't a honeybee, but I didn't know where else
to post to ask this.
I have this bumble bee-like flying insect in our yard, and was
wondering what it is.
It's a little larger than a bumble, and has a total black body.
It hoovers around like a bumble, and flys around seemly randomly
around a 20 square foot area, although, I've seen it seem to take
similar paths a lot. It doesn't hoover for long, like a second or two
at the most. Most of it's moves are quite fast for a second, then
stops briefly. At first, I thought it was some species of Bumble, but
it doesn't really stop on any flowers that I've seen.
It just seems to patrol an area for a while. It seems docile. It
hasn't stung us (although if it's not really a bee, then maybe it
doesn't have a stinger).
Like I said,...

Hi Everyone

It's 26 May and this evening I noticed this chap hanging out the entrance
of one of my hives.

http://www.hsbka.org/misc/rat.php

You can clearly see a bee with its sting embedded in the poor fellows nose.
Lots of sayings come to mind including, there's no such thing as a free
lunch or fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Nick

Hi

I am starting out and have a national hive. A fellow bee-keeper in the
area has offered to supply me with a nuc on commercial frames.

Can anybody point me to a suitable procedure to migrate the nuc?

Many Thanks
Steve P