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    Shook Swarm

    Bees are quite aggresive and the frames are in tight. There are pleanty of bees and the frames I have seen are quite old. There is brood in however I have not gone in far enough to see any eggs.
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    Shook Swarm

    I got some bees today, I want to shook swarm them from national into commercial should I leave them to get used to their new surroundings before shook swarming or just get on and do it?
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    I think I may be Queenless

    I'll get someone from the association to come and have a look.
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    I think I may be Queenless

    None of the cells are capped and the queen cells appear to be supersedure cells from having read the link from REDWOOD. there does not appear to be any larva as yet in the cells however there is royal jelly in some of the cells.
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    I think I may be Queenless

    Checked the Bees this morning. All the original frames are either half empty or full of honey/nectar no brood or eggs. The frame I placed in the hive with eggs now has brood (expected) stores (expected) and what appear to be some eggs! If the hive has a queen why is she only laying on the new...
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    I think I may be Queenless

    just gone and swapped a frame from one hive to the other I'll check them in a week and see how things are.
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    I think I may be Queenless

    I've got another hive next to the possible queenless hive, this is small and I'm feeding it and I know that I've got a laying queen in that hive as I have eggs brood and capped brood, should I take one of those frames with eggs?
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    I think I may be Queenless

    I've got a brood and a half that I got earlier this month, having looked at them today, I note that I don't appear to have any eggs, no brood other than one or two large brood about to be capped, however there appears to be capped brood and capped drone. I had some queen cells that I removed on...
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    New to Bees

    Sorry should have been session not season!
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    New to Bees

    Hi, I'm new to beekeeping, just had my first experience at the hive last night with the CBKA course that I started in February this year. I've got two hives but still need some bees for them, however I'll wait until I've had another sesson at the Association Apiary.
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