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The pics are great. So is the hive. Nice one! :)

She most certainly is nowhere to be seen now, and I spent as long as I could searching for her yesterday, and again today. I was given a frame of brood today, that is now in there, eggs, larva and new bees emerging from cells, so hopefully it will get a bit busier. I am going to leave well alone...

OK, so I am not going to win any photography prizes, but I am just learning, so please forgive the blurriness..

There was larva in a few cells early last week... when I say a "few" I mean about 4 or 5 ish. These I think are what have been capped as queen cells, so I would be very reluctant to open one up to see if that's right... it would feel like a waste and not something I would want to try as a...

OK, I did a real thorough inspection... though not too much to inspect I have to say.... No sign of queenie again, as there are so few bees, I would have spotted her. There is no brood at all, capped or otherwise.... quite a lot of stores, a small amount of pollen... and around five queen...

Poison your bees???? I have never heard anything so small minded... I bet some of these people have dogs that poo, or cats that poo where they are not supposed to. I wonder how they would react if someone threatened to poison their pets. Some people make me sick... I feel for the predicament you...

I heard they had a cure for it now.... " oinkment" :)

The colony is quite small, it only covers 2-3 frames at most. The queen wasn't clipped when she was marked. I will have a good look for her the next chance I get and report back when I have.

Jon, Yes royal jelly... can't see any brood... but I may be seeing it wrong. Have not had a chance to open up in two days... not getting home till 6.30 and the weather is really poor. Will do it tomorrow eve and see if I can see anything. So If queenie turns up, what should I do about the two...

My new bees were put into there new hive yesterday. Sadly I think the queen has dissapeared, she was nowhere to be seen, despite being marked last week. However, there are two queen cells, unsealed, on one of the frames, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that all will be well. They have been...

Can you not copy what they have got and make something similar? (I don't know what one looks like, Is it very complicated?)

Anyone that sells fishy drawers for £15 quid a go is certainly no "lady" :)

I rd taht whti no polbrme @ awl.

Brilliant pics Veg.... I must try and get a couple of mine. I too am admiring your stand, very practical. I dunno about beekeeping courses... am thinking I should book myself up a carpentry one. :)

I am one very happy girl... My bees arrived last night, a very small swarm... The guy had reservations about the presence of a queen... he hadn't been able to spot her, so this morning, my own worries crept in until a very local beek came down, found her, marked her for me.... now all is well in...

That went right over my head... Did I miss something???

AMC? I just looked on Admins list of beginners acronyms, I was hoping to avoid asking what that is... but it's not on there.. Please tell me more.

Do they come with stripy towels????? :)

So if they are German bees, they might well be a little "ancy"then. I was hoping that my first experience would be quite a gentle/ calm affair. Ah well, the best laid plans and all that....

Thanks Frogdiver, the guy bringing them here told me he did get a sting from one of them today, but he say's he's old school and doesn't wear all the "garb" so I guess that's not bad going. I'm lucky that's it's a small swarm, it will give me the chance to get to know them without feeling too...