Hi Oliver
Yes, I was wondering about that....they all seemed 'present and correct' right up until my last inspection a couple of weeks before the exodus, and then - nothing. Very strange....
My bees swarmed last Spring (2011) leaving me with an empty hive. I've since bought a second hive, and had planned to start again this Spring with two new nucs. However, the Great British Summer has meant that I've not been able to obtain the two nucs (with queens) which I wanted, and which I...