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So here I am again after surviving the most daunting inspection I have ever done. It was mayhem as predicted and I found one of everything 😂. I'll try and make it as clear as possible. TONS of bees. See photo after opening up and shaking bees INTO the BB. Most frames had a nice amount of stores...

Wow! Thank you!! So I'm just waiting for the sun to come out and plan going in in the next couple of hours. I will take notes and photos to share. In terms of equipment, I have two hives with 2 supers each plus an empty poly nuc box. My plan is to keep two healthy hives ongoing. Don't really...

😂. Would love to but thunder and rain has just started so I need to equity until the morning I'm afraid. They won't swarm without a queen I guess so first job will be to look for a new queen virgin or otherwise. Do I then destroy all other queen cells? Do I cage the new queen so I can shake the...

I tried feeding them a couple of days ago and now done bees flying outside the nuc but haven't gone back to see if she's laying.

Queen is still there and moving around nicely but no laying as of a couple of days ago (5 days after the split).

That's what I tried to last Sunday. Queen plus two frames of capped brood plus stores plus bees in a separate hive and they seem to be fine.

Not yet. That was going to be my plan for today but stopped when I saw them out like that

That makes sense. Thanks. I was going to have a look today to destroy any new queen cells but freaked out when I saw them like that

I think so. Shook the bees off once I'd moved the queen and checked as well as I could

So while I'm having a look would it help to shake some bees in the queened nuc or perhaps put in a second super to give them more room?

Most of the ones on the face of the hive have gone back in and some are bearding and some fanning. Hope the couple of photos and video help

I was checking it once a week before I split them

It's 23 degrees and overcast here at the moment which is quite cool for this time of the year. Last couple of years they've swarmed exactly around May 5th - 10th...

Thanks for the quick response. Just so I know... What's the connection between bees fanning and the queen's mating flight? How can you tell? 😊

Looks like they are getting ready to swarm despite me splitting them. I think a virgin queen has emerged and they are off. Exactly the same day as last year and the year before. I knew that still didn't have enough space after splitting them and should have acted on it 🙁. Any advice. Like...

Sorry... Found the queen and she was quite active moving quickly across the frame just no evidence of her having laid anything.

I had a quick look at the nuc today, a week after splitting them and couldn't see any evidence the queen has begun laying in her new hive. Is this normal? Any advice welcome. Thanks

I had the same issue earlier in the year due to runny Posca pen paint but she's not shown signs of slowing down. Quite the opposite I think! Good Luck Roberto

Oh I'm in no rush. Just wanted to ensure the queen had enough bodies around her