Recent content by winwoodbees

Thank you for all the help. Queen cell eventually emerged, later than expected and spotted the queen inside. Left them alone immediately and will come back in 2-3 weeks time. I haven't been able to rid the hive of bees settling underneath the mesh floor. I did knock them off the base pre queen...

Hello all and thank you for the welcome. I went through and removed all queen cells bar one earlier this week. Expecting emergence today/tomorrow based on when they swarmed. My plan was to check that remaining queen cell on Friday, if the queen has emerged then leave them alone for 3-4 weeks...

Hello everyone, I am into my second year but new to this forum and still very much a newbie to beekeeping. My first hive swarmed earlier this week having filled their first super much quicker than I anticipated. It was both a scary and exhilarating learning experience as the swarmed bees were...