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Thank you for your advice. Can I ask a hypothetical question. If I have failed to collect the queen from the original swarm location, 1 would the behaviour I have seen fit? 2 If I obtained a frame of open brood, how quickly could I tell it had worked? 3 Is purchasing a queen a viable option...

Hello everyone, So here goes for my first post. I have never kept Bees before and have landed myself in at the deep end. I have a 5 frame nuc due to be delivered in June and that was the plan, to start Bee keeping after reading, watching, trawling forums and working with the local keeper a...