Recent content by kevbhoney

Thanks, I'll do a final check in the next couple of weeks and see if she is still laying in the united colony. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for your replies.Ive' spoken with a local keeper who says it's possible that after feeding them the Q had no where to lay and moved. Didn't see any Q cells when I was looking for her initally. Thanks for the comments. Just wondering now if I have 2 Q's in one hive where I united bees with...

Hi, just a bit puzzled over this... last weekend I checked my bees ready for the winter. One hive had no eggs/larva and only a few sealed brood left. I couldn't find the queen, which was marked but not clipped. Approx' 8 frames of bees, strong colony with plenty of stores but not yet fully...