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I suspect a done laying queen in a weak colony. There is about 4 frames of bees and I can see a queen, she is new from a superceder cell late last season. There is a small spattering of drone brood on two frames. Is there any point in putting a frames of eggs from another hive into them?

Great guys thanks for advice..I had 2 brood frames of Foundation in the 6 frame nuc box when I shook them in should I fill this with more Foundation and should I feed them after they come home?? Thanks again

Hi All One of my hives swarmed today😥 (beginner error ! I'm sure) But after settling in a field nextdoor on a branch of an elder ye in the hedgerow I was able to shake it cleanly into a nuc box. After a while i put on the lid and they were all fanning at the door and other bees entering through...

This is my 2nd hive which also arrived on 26th April this one always looked a bit stronger than hive 1 and had a yellow marked queen which was also clipped. The seller told me the Q was 2018 ? Anyway all was good i was doing weekly inspections and no sign of QC etc and i also put my first...

Beginners help and advice please. First year got two nucs end of April... this hive possible swarmed around the end of may as i discovered 6 capped QC's on the 25th May. I removed all but one which did emerge on the 31st May. Didn't see any sign of eggs until the 27th June which i was delighted...

Thanks Bill for the advice..I will leave them be

Thanks Eric will do.

I'm a beginner 1st year so probably like to just stick with the three for now until I gain more experience. Thanks J

On inspecting hive today which started as a 6 frame nuc on 26th April...I found 1 X capped QC on the middle of the frame and one open QC on the bottom of the frame (I removed the open one ) there was a load of capped brood on about 7 to 8 frames some larvae and a small amount of fresh eggs...