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I made up a nuc 4 weeks ago from a split from one of my hives and a bought them a beautiful Buckfast Queen from BMH. They have accepted her and are building nicely. I took a picture of her on my last inspection (see below) she looked great but I was shocked 😳 to see a varroa mite on one of the...

One of my hives, following a swarm prevention split, had 2 Queen cells which were due to emerge 2 weeks ago, checked 2 days before emergence date and all looked well, although after reading some posts on here I now wish I had just left one cell. When should I inspect the hive?

This afternoon I decided to do some prep with a view to vaping following this cold snap. To check for natural varroa drop I put a new piece of correx under my OMF then decided to take out OMF to clear away any dead bees. When replacing it I was shocked to see a critter drop onto the correx...