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Thanks to everyone for the advice. I almost had two hives!! I got a swarm and safely ensconced them in my second hive to find they had all departed the next morning!! I will make a beekeeper yet

Hi I did go on a course although my dad was terminally ill at the time so my focus was elsewhere. They prob did talk about it but I can't recall. I hadn't got any bees when I went on the course so everything was new to me and I felt there was a lot of info to absorb. Anyway, I have had a steep...

Thanks for the advice. I am gutted that I have lost my bees especially after they survived the last 2 winters. I am so annoyed at myself that I didn't close up the entrance quickly enough or small enough to start with when I first saw the wasps. Being fairly new to beekeeping I didn't realize...

3-4 weeks ago I noticed wasps around the hive - my bees were flying and out and about. A week later the wasps were going in the hive so I closed down the entrance and set up some wasp traps. I had been feeding the bees sugar syrup which they were not taking. I checked a week later and the wasps...

Welcome I have had a steep learning curve since acquiring my bees last June - I did go on a course but think I may need to go on another to refresh and LEARN !! My bees survived the winter and I was looking forward to honey this year, but, as you mentioned its been a terrible year. I checked...

I have just purchased some from a beekeeping supplier Thanks

I have seen fondant icing in tesco (ready ice) is this the same as bakers fondant?

Thanks for all the advice. I am going to look on Saturday and if I find another queen cell with larvae in then I will leave as I think the queen is possibly not laying adequately, if it looks like swarm cells I will do an AS

I have posted three pictures of the frames in albums

frames on my newly installed nucleus

Frames from my newly installed nucleus ( 3 weeks)

The queen is there and there was only one queen cell sealed on that frame. There have been other empty queen cells which I have took off. The pattern is ok I think. There are drone cells in clusters