Recent content by digitalangel78

Ok. Thank you all for your suggestions. I think we may unite with the one weaker hive we have to give them a boost in numbers. The non-laying queen was due to be replaced anyway. We may then consider a split in the spring.

Oops, sorry, we're in Oxfordshire. :blush5: We had intended the 10.9 to be our last one, and have only checked afterwards to see if there were eggs. The queen is definitely there, we have seen her on our checks, just no eggs.

Sorry, should have given you more: On 31.7 we noticed they were kicking out their drones, but at this point brood was all as it should be. Our first Apiguard treatment was put on 13.8 and the second on 27.8. On 10.9, we first noticed that there were no eggs or uncapped brood, but there was...

Thank you for your quick response. I did think that it was possible, especially as they have glued everything up with propolis. But I thought the queen only stops laying for a month or two in the winter?

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting. My husband and I are in our second year of beekeeping. We have discovered that in one of our hives, the queen has stopped laying. The bees overall look very healthy, there are plenty of them and they have ample stores. The queen is from late 2009...