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Looked faked to me, the nest looked like it had been wedged between two branches, there was no wasp activity what so ever - the 'close up' of wasps seemed to be for a different nest.

In my opinion we need make more effort to educate people that life can be hard, or considered unfair, for many, but that with some effort and perseverance they can make a comfortable life for themselves. However much like being a swot in school, it is becoming more and more prevalent that a...

"Benefits are not an option either. They are a human rite" I'd have to debate that one with you. A consequence of a fair and democratic society perhaps, but certainly not a human right. You harangue the current government as if it had any choice. Or are you suggesting we return to an...

I'm not an Ubuntu expert, in fact my Linux knowledge is limited, but I would imagine that Evolution settings are OS account level based? So that if you both have different logins you will be able to configure Evolution for one email account per login account. The MS Outlook option you refer to...

What is your rate of disk space consumption? Does your usage stat include everything (swap disk etc) so you do have at least 25Gb free? Without wishing to play devil's advocate but am curious what your issue is with the amount of disk space used. Is it general performance, if so then that...

No, the test frame needs to include eggs, or at least very young larvae so that the colony can properly raise a queen, as if the egg was laid in a QC.

Find your Regional Bee Inspector or a Seasonal Bee Inspector for your region here https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/public/Contacts/contacts.cfm If that link doesn't show up properly, Google for BeeBase and then follow the "Apiary Inspections & Training" link under Contents. Hope that...

As a relative novice I don't think I can offer any further advice than already given. However it seems to me the consensus is that you need to get the colony looked at by an experienced beekeeper now, not be thinking about next month, let alone next year. Do you know how to get a varroa loading...

I have been educated by my keen gardening neighbour that apparently a weed is simply any plant that grows where it's not wanted - which seems reasonable.

As a novice, if I had to decide with no other experienced input I would say 1. do not AS, there is nothing to AS with as the flying bees have gone - I don't know if a split is sensible though given you have lost most of the foragers 2. do not assume you have a queen, they may have issued a cast...

If the brood pattern is anything like mine, I had capped brood like yours but no new eggs. This to me suggests that either she is unfit, or the workers have stopped her laying (except in the queen cup) I always took Q+ to mean queen present, not necessarily queenright. I always took queenright...

Similar issues, no, but I concur that things aren't going as planned!

I have the same thing with a small cast swarm, two small patches, and no worker brood and no new eggs so I strongly suspect a DLQ in my case. The colony appears to be trying to replace the queen as I found two capped QCs. I knocked those back and added a frame of viable eggs yet they still seem...

Thanks for the replies. I had considered uniting but really wanted to try to get two colonies this year. I also have the (supposedly) Q+ side of an A/S, which (for reasons described in another thread) was Q- and also now has a DLQ. I am going to unite what's left of that this weekend, but was...

I have a cast swarm on about 3-4 standard national frames where the queen appears to be unmated. There are 8-10cm patches of drone brood either side of one frame and no further eggs that I can see. I identified this when I inspected them on Saturday and found two sealed queen cells mid frame on...

I'm coming to the thread late, and don't want to come across as an elf & safety nanny, but for anyone new to routing please, please take some time to watch some instructional videos and/or read some howtos. In particular relating to direction of feed of material and using appropriate guards. A...

As long as more than 3 miles though each time, or not?

If you are worried about the bees building wild comb in the gap then I wouldn't be. Mine don't, the reason being, I believe, is that there is no adjacent comb to encourage them to build parallel to. Also, I wouldn't butt the dummy board right up against the last frame if you want the bees to...

I will stick my neck out here and have a go at answering this, but take note I'm a beginner also. Firstly did you look for/spot any queen cells. I went from brood on 4 frames in a 14x12 to brood on 9 frames, sealed queen cells and swarmed within 2 weeks. If you did find queen cells then you...

Thanks PH et al. One last question, as much as I understand your POV about leaving them be to recover, the colonies are a little imbalanced at the moment. Would you recommend feeding the 'new' colony (that is mostly foundation)? Thanks