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and my spelling is ridiculous tonight too

i am going to leave the hive for a week and have another look,if there is still no sign of a "marked" queen or eggs then i will ask him for a frame with eggs. on one hand i dont know what that will achieve but maybe i am just trying to give someone the benefit of the doubt. i suppose i am...

man or mouse? wheres the cheese i have been in touch with the guy who sold me the colony and he has just said to leave the hive for a week and if there is no queen cells or queen then he will suppy me with a frame. i will try and calm down first and see how it pans out before i start a riot

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no offer of a refund,told me that he didnt have a frame to give me with eggs on as he only had one colony left and that it wasnt strong enough to give me. i may be a bit new at this game but i would like to think that i aint thick or stupid. I wont name and shame him in public as i two wrongs...

i have had it confirmed tonight that there is no queen and no eggs, to say i am angry is an understatement. the sorse thing is that i bought the colony form a guy advertising on here and trusted him. i am not in an association as my local one seems very unhelpful and ignorant. i have tried to...

i dont know,i may be worrying unduly. i have got an experienced beek coming tomorrow to have a look for me as it may be just me being a numpty.the light wasnt that good for me to see eggs and due to me being a complete beginner i am not able to see the queen. its just completely thrwn me as i...

so is there a possibilty that there may be a queen in there and they may need time to settle in? having spoken to a few beekeeping friends they have had a few problems with queen cells in new colonies until the colony settles down. there seemedto be plenty of bees on the frames on the last two...

last two pics of a couple of frames.[/ATTACH]

forgot to add that they have a feeder on for the last week since i got the colony too.

thank you. there was aseveral new bees emerging from cells but there does appear to be fewer bees than last week.lots of bees coming and going to and from the hive brininging back pollen. i am so disappointed as i was really excited befor the inspection and came away feling really disondant

I didnt see the queen,there was larvae and new bees emerging and the cells looked as if they were charged

more frames from my inspection

could you look at this frame for me pleae and see if it looks healthy. i undertaook my first inspection today and was expecting something different. saw a few new bees emerging from cells, but more worryingly i was queen cells. the colony has only been with me for a week and on inspection today...

I have asked a couple of questions on this forum and have got the answers that i have wanted. I view the forum on a daily basis as a newcomer,the reason i joined the forum was to get help and advice from others. It does suprise me though that some people think that some questions are...

all home safe and well,all setlled in their new home and still very calm.

have you still got the calm colony left that we discussed the other day? ade

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ok its me again, how do i set up the ashforth feeder please. i mean which way round does it go?