Search results

Have a look and see if she can. Before I altered mine, she would have been able to.

They could on mine until I stopped them.

Don't get a "Find the queen" fixation. I'd leave them alone.

Take off the roof and look down, you'll see what I mean.

If I see larvae I'm satisfied, smaller the better, eggs are a bonus, I rarely look for HM unless I need to.

Depends if he's 'Hands on'

Have you anything at the entrance to stop her entering and going up the outside of the brood box? She might have been out and missed the way in. (I put a strip of wood at the front of the BB and push the BB hard against it)

Couldn't you have put the old one in a nuc with a bit of brood and a few workers? Never killed a queen yet, probably never will.

Was it a supersedure cell?

Very impressive, nice one.

I like to hive any swarm asap if the weather is good. Late afternoon/early evening.

Called in the allotment this morning and saw a swarm had moved into an empty hive. :)

Yes, intended to leave a week or two, just a tad impatient.

Last Sunday as near as I could tell.

Weather dire all day. I'm waiting to see if my queen has hatched, mated and started laying.

Sounds like you too have discovered the problems with brood and a half. Any new colonies I have are going to be Double or single brood.

Had 3 pairs from Aldi yesterday, Rubber, not to thick. £1-47p. Not tried working the bees with them yet though.

Had two go this year, one yesterday, one last week. Both on drawn comb with stores.

Had similar with one of mine. But sorry, no idea why. Maybe the weather.

Newbies have to buy the beer.