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... and all seems well. My first bees, a swarm, straight into a Warré and they're going about their business as I expect them to. They're busy with lots of pollen coming in, orientation flights, fighting off wasps; haven't seen the queen (ever). They seem to be very happy. Conscious that...

This is an interesting paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.248/pdf which quotes some work done on examining untreated colonies in France and Sweden.

I have around six months to research beekeeping before I take the plunge when the "season begins" next year. So far, so good, lots of books, joined the local group, booked a course, and had a local keeper to the house to check the suitability of my garden for keeping at home. The next thing to...