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It will be interesting to see what they have got up to. You have enough colonies to do some experimentation. (y)

Hi BeeBird, Did you put a second brood frame in (with eggs and larvae) ?

I did a similar thing on a couple of colonies here last season - but it was much later in the season for me. It was well into autumn. I was disappointed that they failed to produce more queen cells but they are still doing ok now. As to one of your other questions, I did read (to the best of...

They can last the winter here, building huge nests. Spotted this one today.

How big is it?

Did you keep any of the small grey feathers? Perhaps that would help with identification?

That's interesting. We have gorse here, which I thought was the same as the one over there, but it only seems to flower through winter and spring. This was one a few weeks back.

Nice. Do you know what the yellow flower amongst the heather is?

Yes. A young bird perhaps.

Depending on the width and depth you have in your existing cage, I wondered if another brand may have fitted, or nearly fitted (post #2)? These are apparently 30x40cm. https://www.honey-extractors.co.uk/tangential-screen-for-radial-cage-stainless-steel

I don't think I had great success with it, but I can't recall it well. It was a weak colony in a poor area. I thought it was because there were not enough bees to keep up with her, but your situation sounds different. I remember Finman commenting (when I posted about it before) along the...

Here is a photo I took of multiple eggs in cells in a queenright colony. I was able to see the queen on the comb, so different to your situation. Having said that, I think I'd be too inquisitive not to have a really thorough look for a queen in a situation like this :)

Hi Paul, What is the distance across the cage in each quadrant - as in where you would put a tangential screen? Depth?

Grass tree.

In a situation like this Moobee, given all the details you have provided, I'd say that the it was most likely that the queen was killed (cause not known - perhaps as per posts 40,639 and 40,656 - although I have seen it happen with an unmarked/unclipped queen) and the colony has made cells to...

I lost a queen today when she left the brood frame she was on, after I briefly put it to one side, but out of the hive. I spent what time I had, crawling around pathetically on all fours, peering under pallets and on the ground for her, but to no avail.

There were some forest ravens here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_raven) that liked my vehicle windscreen wiper rubber at an apiary site. I ended up wrapping the wipers in a towels in the end, and that stopped them. They are always generally doing a useful job here cleaning up road...

Do they tend to sometimes build a little bit under them with that sort of space?

At 51.40 is as Ely says above (post #6). It's the best way for me. Also, wow! 18 queens in one swarm :D

The other queen.