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I know what you mean, the larva had probably partially developed, as I said this is potentially a emergency virgin queen, so may have been fed royal jelly later in it's development

This bee was found with it's abdomen in the cell. Although not as obvious as other queens I have found, but could this be a virgin emergency queen cell queen? I am trying to unite two colonies so knowing I've got her will be a weight off my mind. The abodnen is not as elongated or tapered as I'm...

I will try that thanks. Before I had a similar way, but I used an eke to house the insulation, but perhaps it didn't fill the space totally that lead to the problem. So I will out the insulation straight onto the crown board this year.

Had condensation build up in previous years and mould, I understand that bees usually survive the cold, but not wet and cold.

To allow foraging bees quick access in the summer to stores, and then forms part of ventilation in the winter.

Thanks for the advice, I will try that. It may have been the swarm queen mated then re-entered but I definitely put it in the brood box with queen excluder on top and found her trapped in the super. So either she squeezed through whilst still growing or she re-entered in the super hole after...

Yeah at least 1 un-mated queen running about, assuming she dispatched the others there were 7 hatched/dispatched cells in total.

They queen cells all empty, so either hatched or dispatched by the first emerged queen. I'm worried if I unite them without finding the emerged queens/remaining queen and dispatching her my good mail order queen may get killed by her, then I'd really be knee deep.

Hello there I am in need of some sound advice. I have had a right ball ache of a year with beekeeping (this is my 2nd year). My colony split in two with a swarm and a second cast swarm which I recovered. I was left with 2 colonies, the original with new cast queen and a swarm with an original...

Think I will just use water along with Smoke, thank you all for your advice!

Has anyone had any success using sugar spray over smoke?

Thank you all so much for your advice, now I just have to wait and see if it helps

I hope you are right. She had honey stores, but no pollen stores. She requeened a late swarm so has had a little disadvantage

Yeah pretty non existent, I have swapped a frame with pollen into them though so hopefully that will kick start her again?

Last week there were only a few eggs in the hive some larva and some capped brood. I have checked this week and there is virtually no brood at all. This is a new queen which I bought and re-queened a swarm with. She which was laying well. I have seen her and she seems fine, looks healthy. Today...

Is that something a newly mated queen would still do?

What is a brood break? I thought the poor weather and time of year could be factors

My newly mated mail order queen has been in situ for 1 month now, she is laying, but perhaps not as well as I'd have hoped, there also currently seem to be a lack of the larva stage, though there is both capped brood and eggs, what could the explanation for this be?

Cheers for the advice, I have ordered a new queen :) my first bred queen!