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would be better to wait a week

no, that's just a myth, all workers can fly, many workers, even in queenright colonies lay eggs. shake them out in front of other hives...

👍. I have 2 hopelessly Queenless hives with Queen’s arriving on Friday, thinking i will wait until I’ve got them introduced before...

Okay that makes sense, thanks

Oh, Lordy, no! Take it all away at the start, hive stand and all.

I read somewhere, I think it was The Apiarist that the LW are often unable to fly back to the hive due to the egg burden they are carrying.

Thank you for your advice, it’s a good sunny day here today and there is a flow on so I’ll get the job done. If I leave there original...

Thanks Michael, I’m beyond disappointed ☹️ but it’s a learning curve. Do you think that if I shake the bee’s out a good distance from...

I would shake out the bees and put the combs away. Perhaps wait long enough for the LW brood to emerge. Surely not worth trying to save...

Would be delighted if an AMM swarm came my way, she is a very dark queen. Should be interesting to see how her progeny via queen cells...

Caught a swarm in my apiary this evening. 2m away from the hives in a bay hedge. One of the hives has been all over the shop this year...

Checked a swarm that arrived in my bait hive on 9th July (and was put in a proper hive next day). Four frames of capped brood and one of...

Anyone care to guess how this might have happened? There's the roof (and crownboard still inside) in front of the lower brood box and...

The first photo...It looks like this multiple eggs are in a queen cup/cell. Is that what I'm seeing? I find that if I'm trying to...

Yes exactly, a dump of eggs in a small Queen cup. What would you do with them now? any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated...