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Still appears to have them per her WI blog. http://www.thewi.org.uk/campaigns/current-campaigns-and-initiatives/sos-for-honeybees/a-bee-in-my-bonnet!-martha-kearneys-bee-blog

OP. Send them a copy of this https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bees-and-other-pollinators-their-health-and-value. May not get a response but may prick their conscience.

Taff PM'd Russ

We have some members in Chepstow area will mention to them!

Aren't the Dean "boys" on your doorstep, don't they have anyone looking for bees?

Caught this one today checking out same hive, you tell me: Queen or worker?

Had wasps around and in a weak colony already, so a bit of caution required.

This maybe of use in determining where your bees can forage. Draw radius on map. Other tools available! free map tools radius

IIRC, that's anyone within 5 k of the outbreak who's registered with Beebase. There are many bee keepers who are not registered who will not know of movement restrictions or care for that matter. I suspect some will still move colonies around regardless ?

If you've a suitable wired foundation frame you can tease the wire out, patience required. Not ideal but does work!

BBC has many here BBC nature collection

Not going to be much help or commfort sorry. Capped queen cell usually means swarmed or supercedure. Taking down queen cells is a way of delaying/frustrating swarming but if she's gone you've now lost all chance of recovery unless you can obtain a frame of broad with eggs.

Fortnum & Mason the "shop" they were sampling honey in. Notice they tried "Welsh Honey" but couldn't see where in Wales?

F & M's honey seemed a bit runny?

Interestingly made by ITV production for the BBC. If you watched the follow up "Who killed the honeybee" 2008 Martha states she's kept bees for seven years, so should not be as inexperienced as portrayed in the earlier program. BTW her gloves were manky then too and wild comb above crown board...

Welcome Joe, I suspect this maybe a neglected hive, try to remove frame and they fall apart? As Redwood says but if you can't find the queen leave out QE, check several days later to see if she's laying in top box, if yes put QE in and keep fingers crossed you've trapped her in top box!

Repeated at 1.30 am and followed by "Who killed the honey bee"

Good bunch here you go http://www.deanforestbeekeepers.co.uk/

This may have the info you're looking for http://www.honeyo.com/honeyhealing.shtml

Some advise here The Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS) on Fera site