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Short-term thinking. Long-term thinking.

If I an iffy colony I don't destroy them, I either requeen with a better tempered raised Q or unite with another colony.

Yes, move them.

Not really. A swarm is an unknown quantity and can turn into a liability easily: disease status unknown, true temper unknown. Park it...

You could take your clothes off and walk through a swarm and nothing would happen; swarms are benign (unless starving) and in terms of...

Not really a problem in the U.K. Where are you? You e been sold a bad nuc. Take it back.

Thanks. It's definitely nothing to do with missed swarm. I went in yesterday evening and pulled all the frame out and inspected. There...

@ClarksMeadow absolutely that!

Fairly certain the white stuff is remnants of crystallised honey, & the pollen looks like old stuff that the pollen mites have sorted...

White stuff is crystallised honey, other stuff is bee bread that has been eaten by pollen mites.

I put up a pair of old frames on a rope (eventually) a number bees marched on looked around and marched off again! I set up a bait hive...

No, go ahead; without detail the story cannot be understood. If charged QCs were seen and removed, and they meant to swarm, would you...

Scroll down through Guardian's short letters published yesterday to see further mention of buckwheat honey.:p:p...

The branch must be cut to remove the queen pheromone, otherwise they will return repeatedly.

I got one from the same height once (7.5m) because the landowner had an extremely long wooden pole with a hook on it that he had ready...