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That's brilliant and exactly what I was hoping to do thanks. Ill use this as my script ;) there's lots of brood in my colony but not much in the way of stores so I was going to leave it for another two or three weeks before I made the split. Thanks again K ;)

Thanks, that sounds encouraging. The "old" Q was a bought mated Q from BMH last July after the original VQ that arrived with the swarm was ejected Soon after starting to lay. Introduction was ok ( but fraught due to wasp attack at that time). So she's not that old and I would hope not that...

I will soon want to make a split to increase to a second colony using the nuc method, and buying a mated queen. Everything I seem to read takes the Q out of the original colony for the nuc and introduces the bought Q to the original colony. Could I just leave the original Q where she is and...

Great idea... These are to collect but too far for me, might be of interest to someone.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285782556316?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=QdxUS5OLTBO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=jm_5H1q0RYO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY K ;)

I saw four Swallows today, so that's it official In Lazonby in Cumbria... maybe its just summer there as it didn't feel like it when I got home :( K ;)

I wonder if Gondwana had a branch of the BBKA K 🤔

Yer a genius Dodge ;) Amended mine, but of course for this to work it means everyone would have to revisit their profile as you describe. I am still hopeful Admin can use the existing Location field and just add it to the smartphone view... K 🤷‍♂️ (y)

What temperature was the ground/long grass? K 🤔

I recently asked Admin to see it it was possible to display the location in the banner of a post. I didn't realise it already showed when accessing the forum by computer... like many, I suspect, I only access by smartphone (Android). It's a small irritation having to check a contributors...

Ha! As I've said before, anything south of Scotch Corner is Europe... I've seen lots of Army in that area which I presume is Border Control and there's a Customs Post ( thinly disguised as a Service Station). Between the Tyne and Scotch Corner is the demilitarised zone ( sometimes referred to as...

Sutty : One thing that might be useful would be for the poster's location to be displayed on the banner on each post. I asked Admin the very same thing recently... k ;)

A bit of corrective surgery... I had ordered a poly crown board from Thornes and when it arrived I discovered I had ordered a Langstroth instead of National, duh! Return postage was prohibitive and with no plans to revisit Thornes anytime soon I got out my tools. I found a strip of wood the...

Looks like another good reason for not being on fartberk K ;)

I would love to attract another swarm from wherever last year's came from but I also aim to increase by doing a split by the nucleus method but using a bought mated Q instead of waiting and worrying over a VQ so if my swarm control/increase plans go awry then hopefully I will catch my own loss...

With all this talk of drones and scouts and early swarms etc etc I decided to put out a bait nuc today. It's in the branches of a tree about 10 yards from my apiary around 10 feet up but easily accessed by me and its strapped to a plank which is nailed to the branches so is nice and secure. I...

*** moved post to another thread*** K ;)

Your 9kg will be stores, bees and comb so a bit under 9kg k ;)

Spotted on my aubresia... Huge eyes! K ;)

No Laurels around here :( very few gardens, no OSR but a lot of Gorse, no dandelions flowering yet... lots of hawthorn later. K ;)

Thanks again... every day is a school day K ;)