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One of my colonies swarmed on Wednesday 19th August. It was the split with the old Q from 7 July. My fault, I presumed supersedure with 3 Q cells, not thinking they would want to swarm again. I got the swarm back from my cherry tree, hived it with 2 drawn frames and foundation and been feeding...

I did an AS ( Snelgrove 11/modified) on 13 May. I waited 7 days, went back to find the clipped Q and she had gone. I left the biggest Q cell. In the split I pulled a big Q on 30 May. Checked the other box and Q cell was empty. There then followed 3 weeks of cold, wet & windy weather and I now...

The virgin Q in one of my colonies has not made it through mating. Not surprising given the awful weather recently. I gave her 3 weeks before a full inspection and there were no signs of a laying Q. I gave her another week because it has been so cold and checked yesterday to find what I think is...

Earlier this year I followed a link from a BkF thread to a pamphlet about understanding bee behaviour from outside the hive. I now cannot find the saved link. Can anyone help with a new link or author and title?

This is my first spring with bees and my 2 colonies, in National hives, wintered well and are strong. I left a super of honey on each for the winter and decided I will work on brood and half in national hives. I now realise I have made the mistake of leaving the 10 castellation spacing in the...

I'm a back garden beekeeper in my first spring with bees. I have 3 colonies; 2 are strong with lots of active bees but the other has only few bees and signs of nosema/dysentery with some poo around the entrance - I have not tested the dead bees. I have not been into the hive yet; we had snow...

I started with bees earlier this year, having done the evening classes and practical courses with Stockport Beekeepers, and I now have 2 colonies that have been doing very well until one colony swarmed this week - see Beginers section- Late Swarm. I have been interested in keeping bees since I...

One of my hives swarmed yesterday at 4.00pm. I got the bees back from next door's garden and now have them in a brood box, with 10 undrawn frames of wax, located near to the original hive they left in such a hurry. There is no sign of activity from the collected swarm, with the entrance reduced...

One of my hives swarmed yesterday at 4.00pm. I got the bees back from next door's garden and now have them in a brood box, with 10 undrawn frames of wax, located near to the original hive they left in such a hurry. There is no sign of activity from the collected swarm, with the entrance reduced...