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Thanks Poly. Yep we're in the middle of Worcestershire countryside so plenty of bee friendly wild flowers etc.:)

Thanks Enrico - we will persevere and perhaps recheck the Super in another week (?) I presume you've had similar weather to us in Shropshire - was pretty good here until 4ish but then the rains came. It feels as though we've picked a tricky year to start! :)

Thanks for the reply. We have 7 brood frames and 2 stores either side so the brood box seems full. As the bees aren't using the super would we better removing the Super and restart feeding?

Hi - some background and please forgive me if I'm not entirely up to speed as my wife actually does most of the work but her written English isn't great! New to beekeeping. Started 6 weeks ago with 3 lb loose bees with caged Queen, now succesfully set up in a National Hive. Bees seem to be...