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I'll inspect the hive when I'm next able to, thankfully the wind has dropped but it's now pouring down with rain! They did have space in the bottom box 10 days ago, at least three of the frames were empty as they moved to the top box as soon as we put it on. (To be clear they have a total of 12...

We do plan on buying some more kit although when we started out with the first nuc we were told they're unlikely to swarm. We bought a spare hive that ended up being used when we split them as they kept building q cells. We're reluctant to buy too much in case we end up with no bees and half a...

Good question. Yes, it's a normal 6 frame nuc with an additional 6 frame brood chamber, then super, then feeder, then lid. Yes it's a tad unstable although strapped down. Why? It was a back-up we bought just in case as we've already got two wooden national hives from the single nuc of bees we...

Thanks for the replies. I've seen plenty of orientation flights and unless the winter bees behave very differently I don't think it's just the flights. I know the entrance is small but don't think that's causing the problem. The bearding sounds more plausible, they've done it again today (to a...

I'm new to bee keeping this year but did go on a course by our local bee society. We started off with a 6 frame nuc and put them into a national brood box and then the fun began... Basically we've spent most of the year trying to stop them swarming, failing and then catching the swarms. We had...