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Had a check yesterday and one of my hives appears to be Queenless, no brood or eggs, some drones, 6/7 seams of bees and either dysentery or nosema. My other 2 hives don't have much brood and combining will spread the dysentery/nosema. Question is what to do with them? Is it worth cutting out a...

Queen cell looks like the end is open and the side has been chewed away. Was fully sealed 3 days ago so I removed the queen into a nuc split. Thought maybe I have missed a queen cell which has hatched and done its job on the one pictured or have the workers torn it down? But then I found...

Spotted a decent sized queen cell with larvae and jelly on 10th at midday and knocked down any others. (also did AS/split) Inspected on the 16th and cell not sealed. Have I selected a dud as it should have been sealed after 5 days? Or should I check again in a day or two just to be 100% its...

Had a swarm arrive in a bait hive today. It has an old brood comb and 3 frames of foundation in a full size national. I need to move it about 30ft and add some more foundation as I presume they will draw it out pretty quickly. When is best to move it? Sooner the better? When should I add...

Hived a swarm a while back and they never really got going. Queen spotted and seems quite happy bimbling about laying an egg now and then. Had 2 supersedure cells built next to each other the smaller of which def has larvae in and I think some jelly. Other cell has a bees bum in it so couldn't...

Hived a swarm thurs eve, had QX on it until this morning. Come 1pm there was a mass of flying bees all around the garden followed by a large cluster on the back and underside of the hive. (first pic) Bees are still going in and out of entrance and its calmed down a bit but they are stiil...

Gives a prime swarm Thursday eve. Despite being boxed up for a few hours and the fine rain during the transfer they seemed ok. Plenty of flying Friday afternoon and today. Set up is national brood box,full 11 frames with foundation and dummy board. Not feeding them. I have a QE over the...

Nearly everything I read Bee wise mentions using sugar syrup and fondant. Is there an alternative to using processed sugar? Reason I ask is that my partner is a ulcerative colitis sufferer and HAS to avoid processed sugar. So I would ideally like to not use any sugar with the bees but I would...

Quick hello to you all from Ipswich. Not got any bees yet but just got myself a hive and have been attending practical demos. Looking forward to learning from the forumites.