Recent content by Oliver Cameron-Swan

Any advice on tackling wasps bothering one of my hives would be very welcome. I don't think they're getting robbed massively but there are persistent visitors that aren't being kept out of the hive.

I have set a new queen, in cage with attendants, up in a hive with some brood on frame, nurse bees, and sealed honey. I can see a lot of wasps visiting the colony (robbing?). Should I close the hive up to keep the wasps out while the new queen works her way out of the cage or leave it all...

yes, we marked the frame with the queen cell on. How long does a Queen take to develop in her cell?

there were more cells, a more experienced beekeeping friend removed all but one when we did an inspection. there are brood and a lot of drones.

the cell was sealed last weekend when i checked. the colony looks as busy as a couple of weeks ago so she may have been killed in an inspection.

Hi, I'm a beginner beekeeper with one hive. A couple of weeks ago we noticed that the queen had gone. The hive has one queen cell that has yet to hatch. If that queen cell is unsuccesful how do I go about introducing new queen to this jhive?

Hi, my name's Oli, I got into beekeeping last year after ages dithering about.