With a warm spell at the weekend, I went to have a quick look in the hive. I could tell in recent weeks by lifting that there were still plenty of stores.
I had suspicions that something was wrong because there was little flight during the slightly warmer days.
Inside were only dead bees (<100)...
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I think there could be a new queen in their because I cannot find my marked queen and after much searching on a cold day so I gave up. I will search again this weekend. This is what happens when you go on holiday for a few weeks.
Interesting though because when the...
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A couple of weeks ago, I was near my hive and I was hit by two bees joined together, which then flew off.
After observing the hive for some time I could see quite a few drones returning the hive and some being ejected immediately and other let inside. Then some drones would be driven out...