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Quick update - when I inspected on Saturday there were three uncapped queen cells containing larvae & royal jelly. The chap from the local association is coming over tonight to lend me some extra equipment & do an artificial swarm with me. Wish me luck! I've only had them 11 days! Nothing like...

Thanks, that's pretty much the advice my local expert (the guy from the association who I got the bees from) gave me last night. He said not to worry at this stage - obviously to keep an eye on the situation when I inspect - and to spray the foundation in the super with sugar solution to...

In Heeley, right up on top of one of our many hills! You?

Don't have any advice for you as I'm a total newbie, but just wanted to say hi, I'm in Sheffield!

Hombre - thanks for your advice, I'll probably give the chap from the association a call. As I said, I think there were eggs in a couple of them but I'm not sure...

Well, I don't recall seeing anything that looked like PVA! There are 8 frames with capped brood (including some drone brood) & I definitely saw uncapped larvae, I think eggs as well. I think there was only one frame in the brood box that hadn't been fully drawn out. All the frames with brood on...

Hi all, first post in this forum! I have a question – I got my first hive last week and I went through the hive for the first time a few days ago. Everything seems ok, they were very calm and I found the queen with no problem, but I did find queen cells on around three of the frames. I broke...