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I have a thriving colony and a second small one due to a very late queen (started laying only 15 days ago after a long long wait-). She is now laying well and I have 3 frames of brood in all stages and two frames of stores as well as 5 super frames of stores. I gave 1 frame of brood from my...

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Ok. so my colony swarmed, my new queen has emerged (I haven't seen her yet) but i now have 3 uncapped Q cells on the side of a comb- do i destroy them or let the bees decide?

Had a prime swarm from my main colony last friday. Removed all QC except one capped one in a really good location. Today (6 days later) inspected- loads and loads of bees still- Filling the Brood and a half. ( I also have 2 honey filled supers not so full of bees) The QC was open with...

I really didn't think so... but my dad, who is a 'retired' beekeeper suggested my recent swarm was due to me taking a few frames of honey- they have 2 supers of honey and brood and a half It was a prime swarm- but loads of bees left behind- My 'post-mortem' was that the hive was too crowded, i...

yes I think, in retrospect, that would have been a good idea...However, they don't look like they have swarmed and the queen is definitely gone- do you think they have killed her off?:confused:

Well, I have already done what Max suggested a week before (i was wondering how others would have dealt with it), and inspected this week- to find a whole load of queen cells, 2 capped already and no eggs, no queen. A few frames of capped brood and lava. So I assume they weren't dissuaded that...

I did an AS earlier in the spring when the weather was good, I didn't see her for a while and no activity which i assumed was due to delay in mating flights after the weather changed. However I recently saw a very dark new queen, laying. eggs lava and capped brood, no drone brood. On the next...

Story ends with me having a conversation on the phone with our local swarm liaison officer, with some good advice about putting a frame of brood from the original hive into the bait hive. when I return 10 mins later- entire swarm gone! still put the brood in the bait hive- just incase they...

Many thanks- This forum is so helpful! I couldn't find answers in the many books I have- experience goes a long way in this craft. will remove the honey, move the hive and rub a few geranium leaves around the area too. Any more advice gratefully received!

The facts followed by questions: 1. Prime swarm from my large hive (inexperience/ poor weather/ bad timing/ etc) 2. Gone to top of tall fir tree in apiary. 3. due to bad weather swarm occurred at 5.30pm during a sunny spell. 4. Too high to safely retrieve. (30ft) 5. Spare brood chamber ready and...

I am in my second year. My primary hive is still huge. I have brood and half and 2 supers. When I examine, so many bees poor out of the hive and I struggle to replace the layers without killing many. They don't like smoke- even when I give them time, and they are rather moody, pinging off my...