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Sorry, what do you mean shake them out? Wont they just fly back in?

I did see some of workers what looked like them laying in the open cells?

Thanks for that and your advice. If introduce a new queen do think that would solve the issue?

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Hi, Yes I do, and realise virgin queens can still get through. So I am thinking she has laid in brood box, got through to Super and now cant get back??

Thanks for the reply. Why would there be brood (drone) in the brood box then?

Thanks for the reply. Not really no. I cant see any eggs Apart from yesterday, it was the previous weekend. Maybe a couple thousand at most This colony swarmed earlier on in the year, but I managed to capture it and move it to another hive, so they have been very active. There were two very...

Hi, I still consider myself to be a novice when it comes to all things beekeeping related, even though I've had hives for 5 years now :ohthedrama: I came across something today that has baffled me again in one of my hives - I appear to have brood in both a super and brood box, but they are all...

Brood. Lots of activity today. Couldn't help myself so had a look at the frames - plenty of brood visible - is this a bit early??? :sorry:

Thanks everyone for the help and advice. I think on reflection that I probably didn't help matters.

Thanks Pargyle, I'm hoping they were having an off day. I'm thinking now it was something to do with my inspection, given it was the hive with the queen. I was sweating quite a bit as it was a bit warm at my apiary.

Bees from the colony with the queen seemed to be the aggressive ones. Plenty of space as I now have another brood box with capped frames and two supers in situ?

Carried out full inspections on both of my hives today, which doesn't normally cause my colonies much angst until today. Both hives are brimming with bees, lots of larvae in both hives, but could only find the queen in my wooden hive (I also have a poly hive). The bees were very aggressive...