Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 203, inner cover jar feeder and more.

Welcome to another edition of Backyard Beekeeping topics. Today's topics are listed in order below. If you would like to submit your own topic for consideration, please fill out the form on this page: https://www.fredsfinefowl.com/thewaytobee.html All of these videos are available as a PodCast: The Way To Bee https://www.fredsfinefowl.com/podcastthewaytobee.html Please Don't forget to participate in the annual Loss and Management Survey, we all benefit from the information shared: https://beeinformed.org/citizen-science/loss-and-management-survey/ Today's Questions- 1) A friend asked me to move some hives to his fruit orchard. It's 1.3 miles from my apiary as the bee flies. Do you think this is too close to just move them directly to the orchard? Today's Shout-out: https://youtu.be/aDx5LAsIyas 2) I have brood cells with multiple eggs in them. I did spot the queen, and she is also laying. What are your thoughts? 3) I have several large colonies that I would like to re-queen. What is the quickest and most effective way to isolate the queen to transplant into a nuc resource hive if I cannot spot her? 4) You talked about using a queen excluder cage and drone comb to attract varroa mites. Do you think you could collect the cages with drones and put them in a separate deep box and do an OAV treatment? This is the cage we're talking about: https://www.betterbee.com/queen-rearing-supplies/FIC1-Deep-Frame-Isolation-Cage.asp 5) I have a box of BetterComb frames and comb. My bees would not utilize any of the comb. It looks like the cells are upside down. Have any of your listeners had this problem with BetterComb? 6) I don't have a wax moth problem yet. Could I put a bug-light next to a hive on a timer that only comes on after dark and off an hour before dawn? I did review bug zapper, it worked to feed my chickens: https://youtu.be/bpf5P1MRG_8 7) I'm not sure if I have a spicy colony or if it's inexperience. I have swarm colonies, they are feral. I've never experienced a calm inspection. What do you think? 8) Could you refresh my memory and others on the best height and orientation of the entry of a swarm trap? How would you recommend placing swarm commander in the trap? That's it for today, this is where you can get your own Bee Buffet Feeders, for small mouth mason jar feeding on your inner cover, these are excellent: https://www.revolutionaryhives.com/shop/bee-buffet If you are open feeding, with the cover off, I recommend that you only use the large mouth mason jar size lids to avoid getting bees inside your jar when they are empty. If you missed this week's interviews with experts, you can find all of my interviews on this page: https://www.fredsfinefowl.com/interviewsyoucanwatch.html Are you looking to support a good cause this spring? https://www.hivesforheroes.com/ YES, we have coffee cups, shirts, and much more: https://www.fredsfinefowl.com/mystore.html I wish you all the best with your bees!