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Hey Folks, I have caught a swarm on Sunday, added to a brood box and thought I would give them a couple of days to get used to their surroundings. On checking this evening they look very peculiar. They are not milling around getting up to odd jobs or going crazy when I dive into the hive. They...

Hiya Folks, I believe I may have succeeded in stopping the girls from swarming for now using a demaree method and swapping frames of brood from the old box with new frames of foundation from a new. My setup is now a deep brood, queen excluded, half filled super and another deep brood on top...

Hello All, Just found about 10 play cups and one nice long queen cell that is almost completely sealed. There is just the smallest of gaps that is about 5mm wide. I have panicked and removed the cell and the play cups in the hope of buying myself a couple of days to get my artificial swarm...

Hello, I am a new beekeeper based in the southeast. I had had a block of fondant on the hive for a couple of months now but the bees just don't seem to be interested in it. They have taken about a tablespoons worth. I even changed the fondant from a homemade to a reputable beekeeping...