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I understand that no sign of a problem is not the same as no problem. Would you recommend that I treat the hive for varroa just in case? Thanks.

Many thanks.

No reason to apologise. you didn't hurt my feelings but nor did you say anything useful.

Thanks. Everything I have read suggests that space is the most likely reason for swarming. It was an issue in my case in retrospect but as far as I can see the other possibilities suggested did not apply. As to varroa there is no sign of infestation at alI and I have just started reading the...

I just joined this forum. I hope this is not a typical response.

That was one of the reasons for purchasing a queen rather than letting them breed one. Still a lottery but the progeny of the queen which swarmed have by now been superseded. The other reason was to have a marked queen but I was disappointed in that because the purchased queen was unmarked.

Approaching the end of my first summer season as a novice beekeeper and so far it has not been an impressive record. I purchased a nucleus of bees on May 9th and installed them in a National style hive with an additional 5 new frames and a feeder for a few weeks until the weather improved...