Abundance Of Brood

[LazyBkpr]

Thanks Tec

One thing I have learned is when you think you know what your doing your about to get a new lesson!!

Any collage you go to you have to pay tuition. The school of hard knocks is no different!

There's a direct relationship between how much the lesson cost and how much you learn!

   So much truth in those statements right there.  Hard as my head is it often takes a pretty hard knock to get the lesson driven in.

[riverbee]

"One thing I have learned is when you think you know what your doing your about to get a new lesson!!
Any collage you go to you have to pay tuition. The school of hard knocks is no different!
There's a direct relationship between how much the lesson cost and how much you learn!"

well said woody.  when it comes to bees, and i don't have a 'degree' in them, i always say i haven't kept bees long enough, and probably never will, but sure have spent a lot of money and time and stress doing so trying to figure them out and learned/and still learning a lot of lessons along the way doing so......so enjoy it.
when i think i have them figured out, they make me look foolish, and sometimes i get it right, sometimes by error or just plain guessing, doing nothing and/or flying by the seat of my pants........

and then i shine....

[Jen]

Riv- ""when i think i have them figured out, they make me look foolish, and sometimes i get it right, sometimes by error or just plain guessing, doing nothing and/or flying by the seat of my pants.....""

Or getting stung on the seat of your pants 

[Woody Roberts]

As sad as it is to say I believe I learn more from the hives I lose than from the ones that live.

I've been thinking about starting a thread on this subject.

[Jen]

Hear Hear! I could contribute to that thread! nodding my head

[riverbee]

"As sad as it is to say I believe I learn more from the hives I lose than from the ones that live.
I've been thinking about starting a thread on this subject."

i think it would be a great topic of discussion, go for it!

[minz]

Well if I learned most from the dead outs that would make me a freaking expert after this winter! Good thing I spread some hives around because I went from 5 at the house with 7 nucs to one weak, one medium. 
Just wanted to add that if you did move a frame of bees you may want to go back and take a peek at it in a few days and see if you have 10 queen cells started on it. Also take another look in your hive and see if you have 10 cells in yours.  Unfortunately I am speaking from experience, and the one I robbed the frame of bees from did not successfully re-queen (back to the opening sentence).