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After you take all your protective gear off, look out for bees on your suit etc. and any irritated bees still about, because not...

Welcome back. I go from m no reaction after many stings to bad reaction with the odd one in a year so I long decided the best path of...

Bees now ignoring the bramble in favour of the lime. Didn’t expect to see the lime starting to come out so early up here in Cumbria

Have look here...how excited the bees got. Lots of them were not only hanging out on the front of the hive but also in a tree next to...

sometimes but not always. You occasionally get a few bees going with her to run interference, and if you are lucky you may witness a...

I go and have a look on the sixth day after emergence....providing I've done my sums correctly, I will sometimes see her. They will mate...

Is it usually visibly noticeable when a queen goes on a mating flight? Does a swarm go with her or does she just go alone? How many...

I had the exact same situation today…a single charged cell. I knocked it down and wondered if I’d done right…I feel better about it...

To be honest I don't think it has happened often enough to be able to give a meaningful answer. James

How often would you say this happens? Is it more likely to happen if the queen turns out to be in the new hive or the old one?

If I happen to find the queen, Pagden. Because I've rarely been able to find the queen (particularly when the hive is stuffed with...

What kind of split do you normally do when you find queen cells?

I dunno, I’m always pretty amazed by the volume, accuracy and speediness of Royal Mail deliveries. I think we’ve got it pretty good to...

The original queen and the new queen are both now doing well in other hives. Should have had plenty space…double brood and two supers...

Isn’t the dearth pretty much over now (genuine question from a much less experienced beekeeper)?