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Inspected all but 2 of my colonies (the other 2 hopefully have newly hatched queens out getting mated!). Added additional supers to 2 and reduced QCs in two that were split last week. The nectar is pouring in to some colonies very rapidly.

Inspected a colony that I hadn’t checked last week due to the cool weather. Several sealed Queen cells but eggs present. Spotted the Queen after going through them twice - she had slimmed down quite a bit and was obviously getting ready to go when the weather improved! Put her in a Nuc and...

Inspected 2 Nucs. 1 coming along nicely at a steady rate. The other was very populous and had a number of charged Queen cells. Also inspected two other colonies at another apiary. One quietly bumbling along and the other very busy and storing nectar in their super. There was a couple of Queen...

Went into 2 colonies that I took Nucs from last week. Reduced both down to 1 QC. 11 degrees but no wind. Bees were very tolerant.

Went into 2 colonies that I took Nucs from last week. Reduced both down to 1 QC. 11 degrees but no wind. Bees were very tolerant.

I am going to have to do the same tomorrow - the forecast looks slightly better!

Added some more 1:1 syrup to 2 nucs that I have temporarily relocated to my garden. I don’t get much of a chance to sit and watch my colonies as they are in other apiaries. Nice to observe them for longer periods!

Found a charged QC in a very populous colony. Made up a Nuc with the existing queen and removed to another apiary. Added supers to 4 colonies All right next to fields of OSR.

Hello - quick question. I am planning to bring the colonies to my garden that is almost 3 miles from their current site. How long should I keep them in the garden before moving to the new site?

Two of the colonies are in Poly nucs so it would be too hot to close them up. I am thinking to bring them back to my garden which is just under 3 miles from the new site. The bees should survive but I may not when my wife finds out my plan.

Yes that could be an option. I have access to another site just under 3 miles away.

Thank you. Looks like I will have to move them 3+ miles away first.

Hello all, I have to move 3 of my colonies quite soon. Got a couple of complaints from a homeowner about bees in her garden/house and a horse owner who wasn’t happy that the bees were collecting water from her buckets. I have another possible site lined up but it looks about less than 0.5...

Yes very lucky. Will keep a good eye on her!

Update on this. I hadn’t had time to go back and follow your instructions. I inspected today and fully expected to find an empty Nuc box. Instead I found that the population had increased significantly (due to emerging brood) and the queen I released was alive and laying well. I have been very...

Sorry meant to add. Yes this is from the double brood I split. On advice was keeping the original queen in original location.

Yes some bees, capped brood only on 5 frames. No eggs larvae etc. I released the queen.

Well my split yesterday didn’t go as planned (double brood split) Returned today and there are only a few handfuls of bees in the hive. Removed them form the BB and put them in a Nuc box with the new purchased queen. I will go back later tonight and give them a feeder. Any other advice?

Went ahead with the split today. The queen was in the bottom box so left her where she was. There were no eggs in the top box only sealed brood as expected. However there was what looked like a large queen cell in the top box. It was capped but with a large chunk eaten out of the side of it. It...

Split a double brood that had a QE inserted between the boxes a week ago. Added a purchased, mated queen to the split. Have kept it in the same apiary. Fingers crossed it takes!