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Thanks dclewis yes I'm certain this was my error!!! At the start of the season last years Q ( she's only 1 year old) had laid eggs in a couple of super frames ( I left 11 frames of honey on for winter stores so obviously removed the QX over winter) fellow bee keepers said just add the QX in...

oops yes I am. Didn't make it clear, the super frame was in the brood box and I was aware it had capped worker brood when I returned it to the honey super. Definitely no QC though.

Hiya I'm a newbie (beekeeping for just a year) and am in a quandary. This year my red queen swarmed. All the signs were there. Full hive, 5 or 6 queen cells all capped - so I knew it was just a matter of time. Luckily I managed to catch the swarm and re home and am now the proud baby sitter of...