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I've got a swarm I collected about three weeks ago, currently in a 5 frame nuc. They have a queen. Seen her. She looks good, though not laying yet, but comb drawn out on three frames. I have a hive with a small, weak colony - with no brood, and on last inspection couldn't see a queen...

Thanks all. I have inspected regularly. When I said the queen was laying 'badly' - I meant the pattern was poor and there was a high level of drone brood. Then, about four weeks ago - no more eggs and a single queen cell. As I say - I hoped supersedure might sort it out - but this would have...

Buckfast queen from reputable source last august - not a cross, as far as I know. We are members of the BBKA - so have insurance. Am a member of South Staffs and have good friends to advise there, but they're a bit far away and I'm actually closer to North Staffs. Need to get plugged into...

I didn't have a test frame to put in, as my other hive were also 'between queens' and had no eggs. The original queen was a buckfast. They have loads of stores - in fact the stroppiness also co-incided with us harvesting the first few frames of honey. Could this have contributed to their mood...

In the past week - 10 days my lovely placid colony has undergone a total personality change. They swarmed back in late April and, after what seemed forever, a new queen began to lay - badly! She must have emerged during the cold weather and had a poor mating flight. About a month ago I spotted...

bees will be bees Hi Mandy I've had a similar thing happen. I'm a newbeek and got my first nuc quite late in the season last year. They were a strong colony, but I soon spotted that they were queenless. I re-queened successfully, but they went into the winter without much in the way of stores...

I'm a new beekeeper with a small colony from a nuc collected in mid July. I've noticed small clumps of very sluggish bees on the ground around the hive. Is this normal for the time of year? Has anyone seen this before?