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I thought it might be varroa but both nucs were treated (allegedly). To date, varroa count nil on each hive.

Today I found around 18 dead and dying bees along the flight path from my hives. All identical bees and not sure of they are from my colonies or from elsewhere. Did an inspection at the weekend and everything seemed OK with my "national" lot a pleasure to deal with as usual and the "langstroth"...

Will do. I hope to build a jig to hold the frames whilst photographing them so that I can give them a good shake and get clear pics.

Thanks. The nuc was full of weirdly drawn comb when I got it but I manage to keep the spacing down to the minimum. I do suspect that this lot are a bit unconventional when it comes to building comb.

Thanks Boston Bees. Seeing the two side by side in your pic, I can now tell the difference. There are a few undrawn frames in the brood box so hopefully I don't have much of a swarm threat - yet.

As a newbie, I did my second inspection and found cells on the bottom bar of some frames. Are the queen cells or just comb? Should I leave them or remove them? Otherwise, the bees look fine and are foraging when the weather permit and since they allowed me into the hive without trying to sting...

Great. Thanks. Looking at the chart it seems that dandelion is a strong possibility.

I picked up my first 2021 nuc last weekend and installed them in their new hive shortly after. No problems whatsoever, they seem calm and friendly (so far). No sign of the for the first 5 days as they needed to settle in and the weather was too cold for any living being. They have now started to...