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I’ll put the test frame in tomorrow and see how it goes. Thanks for the advice.

Duly noted. Any advice on how to assist my two colonies?

My local BKA do the oxalic treatment late Dec early Jan as well as a Maqs or Apiguard in the summer. Was I taught incorrectly?

I used MAQs after harvesting last summer. I didn’t do an oxalic treatment in Jan, but neither did I the preceding year and the colonies were very healthy. Maybe I was just lucky. As for no queen - I can’t find one or any evidence of one. There is a poor effort of a queen cell, but it’s been...

I am in my third year of beekeeping and managed 24kg from two hives last year. Alas, right now, one of my colonies seems queenless and v low on numbers (no eggs or brood), but the other, while still small, is at least queen-right. Should I try merging the weaker colony into the stronger one, or...