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What do we think the scenario is here, there are a few wasps outside that seem to get in through several holes (its an old summerhouse) then i see loads flying against the window desparate to get out, are the ones inside just robbers trying to find a way out, or is it a nest inside and they...

I think I said hundreds 'or' thousands, it was more a question as to how many could be in nest JD

Ha, i need a quick solution and one or two traps whould not suffice, the summerhouse is very near a neighboughs back door.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3082897/Britain-alert-wasp-invasion-Cold-winter-followed-mild-spring-create-perfect-conditions-insects-flourish.html Tis the Daily dread though See my earlier thread re wasps in summer house by the hundreds, just ordered 4 x traps as i cant use...

I have ordered 4 of those waspbane traps delivered tomorrow, lets see JD

But if there is a nest in the summer house, are we talking hundreds or thousands ? Can traps really catch that many ? JD

Hi All I have a problem, the summerhouse where i keep all my bee equipment is infested with wasps, i don't know if there is a nest in there, or they made a home in some hives which i then carried into the summerhouse, How/who do i call to get rid of them, most wasp control people will only use...

Hi All Went to take a super off both hives today and the bees were very very aggressive and once the super was off, they were queuing to get in the hive, i had to put an empty super back on to house them, so one hive has two supers on and the other back to its 3, is this normal for this time of...

OK thanks all for your help today......I have two more questions if thats OK In my haste and nervousness today, i have orientated the brood box so that the frames are the same orientation as the entrance, i.e. not vertical relative to the entrance, does that matter? Also i am running out of...

I managed to get them into a brood box exactly as you describe, but i have one issue, the frames in the brood box are without foundation, its all i had left, i can make foundation from super foundation, but should i disturb the brood box so soon after Getting them In there ? Thanks JD

I don't know whats going on now.......Just found this https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0c3n0rAFfLQY19XY0haazlqeHc/edit?usp=sharing Is it yesterdays cast returned or a new one from someone else ? How the heck do i get that swarm off the tree trunk, its not on branches HELP (again) JD

I just want to check i am doing the right thing here, after the cast left the hive yesterday, i saw 2 other queen cells, but no queen, should I look in the hive today again to see if one has hatched, I am worried about losing this colony now, one more cast would surely do that I think. Thanks JD

Well, i dropped the swarm into another brood box with some frames in there, and within 5 minutes they all left the new brood box, and they have gone now, why would they do that? Did they not like the new home ? It looks like the swarm was from the original hive, i have no larvae in there still...

Hmmm There's another swarm of bees in the garden, i don't know if its one of my hives or not, what can i do? I don't have a third super, if it is one of mine, can i put it back in one of the hives ? HELP JD

The only description i can give is...I left 2 'sealed' queen cells last week, and today one of those cells has a hole in the bottom and is now empty, the other 'new' cells look sealed also. JD