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Spot on - original colony staying in same place. I like your method, makes it nice and simple for me. How long would you leave it before going back in?

So would my new configuration going upwards would be: Q+ brood box, QE, super, Q- brood box?

Thanks for that. Do they tend to build queen cells when doing this or will the pheromones from the new queen be sufficient to stop that happening?

I have a fairly stacked hive with 8 frames of brood (Dadant). Currently there's 2 supers on it, 1 to be harvested next weekend and the other just to give space after harvesting a super 2 weeks ago. They're not the nicest of bees and so I'd like to dispatch the queen and combine with a nuc I...

You were bang on the money @Swarm & @jenkinsbrynmair Today I found a mated queen with eggs and larvae. Happy days.

Thanks for that - I'll leave them be for a bit and see what happens.

A month ago I had a colony making swarm preparations. On: May 1st I nuc'd the queen May 6th knocked down all queen cells & introduced my own grafted queen cell. Emergence should have been May 9th. May 7th left for 7 days May 14th - quick look. The introduced queen cell had been completely torn...

I actually have a few mated queens 'lying around' from some grafting I did some weeks ago from my best colony. It seemed a perfect opportunity to use one?

Yes - 7 or so charged cells. I think they're serious...!

I have a production hive that definitely wants to swarm & hence plan to do an artificial swarm in the next day or two. I'd like to keep the hive as strong as possible to protect the honey production but am not sure what is the best route. Suggestions very welcome! I had thought of doing a...

Thanks for that Steve. Do you think removing 3 frames is enough, or should I go for more?

I'm in a bit of an awkward situation and could do with some advice. Very early this Wednesday morning (10th April) I leave for 10 days and so I did a thorough inspection today. It's a fairly packed hive on 9.5 frames of brood (Dadant) with 1 super around 70% full (I'm in France). I found 6 or 7...

My son suffers from hay fever, and as you're experienced it can be quite debilitating at times. Out of interest, how much honey do you consume each day over spring / summer?

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I've never asked for help. I'm not the OP. Thornes only provide queens and colonies purchased from suppliers, as do Icko. I've no idea what you're referring to when you say 'Sponcer' or on what site you've seen it, however, professional registered bee keepers are indicated on leboncoin by the...

Incorrect. There are fundamental differences to both the market (i.e. France v's UK) and the product. Some notable differences for you: Ebay only allows the following live animals for sale: live bait, composting worms, shellfish (for consumption), aquarium or pond fish (up to 5cm long)...

This simply isn't true. leboncoin is possibly the most used site in France for selling things - used extensively by both professionals and private individuals alike. A quick search across the whole of France for a colony of bees reveals that 84.8% of vendors are professionals. And those private...

Ahh I see...so basically no opinion of your own as you know nothing about it!

Could you explain why you think it's a scam please? And indeed why @jenkinsbrynmair you agree?

Here you go: leboncoin - Nord-Pas-de-Calais