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Admin, shes gone in so thanks for your replies! Keep fingers crossed now. Regards, AC

Hi Admin, I crushed the queen under the crown board,.... 100% sure, dead, deceased, gone!...hence the slight panic. I dont understand the test frame thing sorry, I'll have to look it up. Is there likely to be another virgin in the hive though? Ive not read that anywhere. I honestly thought...

Thanks for your reply. She died under the crown board, my fault. Definately not laying like. Im new to beekeeping but have collected a lot of swarms(and castes I guess) in my previous job. I collected this one from the ground by my car at work(I couldnt just leave it!), and I dont know how to...

The swarm has drawn comb on 3 frames and has definately no queen - 100% sure, no doubt about it. They have been in the hive for 4 weeks now and just didnt seem to have anything about them. I had planned to requeen as an experiment but not this soon, and with some forward plannning. I suspect...

No instructions so here I am asking!

Hello! This is my first post and Im new to beekeeping so...can anyone help?? I have just received a new mated queen via a friend in a plastic introduction cage along with about 6 'attendees'. The previous queen is dead and only by hours. There are no eggs or brood as this was a collected...