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It was an artificial swarm. It all got very complicated though, as the original queen swarmed anyway and a supersedure was left, which hatched and it all seemed to be going well until a couple of weeks ago when I noticed the colony didn't seem to be getting any bigger. Luckily, I managed to...

sounds like a plan :)

I've got a strong colony, so should I put the remaining frame of bees from the doomed one into the strong one?

I did try feeding. Just curious as to what may have happened. They were doing ok to start with.

I had a little colony taken from an artificial swarm. Over the past couple of weeks they haven't been doing very well. Although the queen has been laying, the colony hasn't increased beyond 1 fame. I rather suspect that the workers have been destroying the queen's eggs though, as a couple of...

OK, think I have it sorted. Got queen clip and crown of thorns thingy. When I lifted the lid inside it was heaving with bees, but no sign of Queen, whereas last couple of times I'd quite clearly seen her scurrying around. After watching for a bit I decided she wasn't there any more. Put on...

P.S. Yes, I did have a feeder crown board on. Might need to get a new one without feeder holes while I'm about it

Thanks for the advice so far. I'd forgotten about queen clips! I would wonder if there are two queens in the hive - one laying in the brood box(es), the other isolated in the roof space and kept there by the workers. Nooooooooooooo!!!! I'm going to nip over to my local bee keeping suppliers...

Dear Experienced Bee keepers I'm just going into my first proper season having received a full colony of bees last July. I overwintered my girls in a double brood box, kept an eye on them and everything has been fine. I tried to inspect them at the start of April, but to my dismay, after...

Hi Just got my first colony of bees about a week ago, although have been a member of a beekeeping club for nearly two years. It's a bit scary having my own colony to look after, but looking forward to help and advice from everyone here