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It would help for you to also give information on the last 2 or 3 inspections. When were they? What did you see in the way of brood?

Though, if you are unlucky, you might get a queen killed by foragers who return to find a strange queen in their hive

Clearly

Did you shake the bees from every brood frame in every hive? If not, sorry, at least one or two of these swarms has been yours :)

That was the quickest return ever!

Byeeeee, you too.

My physics might be wrong on this, but if you lever up a 19" deep frame are you not going to squash a lot of bees between side bar and wall?

Layens hives are notorious for condensation though. Huge wooden cavity, much of which is empty of bees at any one time. There are many YouTube videos of Layens hive owners finding black mouldy wood and sad wet bees. Top ventilation isn't the answer though. I can't remember what "Not really a...

This thread should be shaken out

Probably just excitement as the virgin queen goes on her mating flight, that's all

I bet there are at least some in your area. Find someone you know who uses Facebook, get them to join UK Bee Removers, and ask on that forum who is in your area. Then you'll have contacts for whenever you need them in future.

Never seen advice from the manufacturer saying that you should never extract honey from frames which have historically been exposed to Apivar, but perhaps you could link to your source to clear things up?

You are right to be sceptical, and in any case there are few hives which are less like a natural cavity than a Layens hive.

That won't be straightforward. Welcome though!

There's a queen. 100 percent

Shake out, but if it's a drone laying queen (rather than laying workers) I would remove and dispatch the queen first

I am praying for no calls today - not in this heat, please

Really? I have four Yorkshire-based cut-out guys in my contact list who all do these. Are you perhaps thinking about pest control companies? I don't mean them - very few of them will or should do honeybee work.

I suspect she hadn't been on that actual page, just found some pest control firm on Facebook that told her they wouldn't do it. My advice - to avoid frustrated householders, it's always worth a beekeeper having the details of a couple of local cut-out people so you can pass their number on when...

Did you refer her to the Bee Removers Facebook page?