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Is it too late for a hive to requeen itself? I inspected hive 2 yesterday (12 days since last full inspection due to weather & other reasons). To find no sign of the queen, no uncapped larvae or eggs, only capped worker cells on 5 frames & 2 sealed supercedure cells on adjacent frames. I dont...

Hi All, Hive 2 seemed to have done well this year. 5 Supers with sealed frames of honey. Though this has been dwindling due to low nectar flow & bees moving honey downwards. My 1st attempt last weekend to clear a few supers of bees failed due lack of space under clearer board. So this time...

During todays inspection of the main hive. I noticed about 10 ragwort plants flowering on a patch of rough ground on the land which house my hives. I didn't notice them last week, so hopefully only recently flowered. So after I had finished inspecting I pulled them up. Washed hands after of...

Hi All, At the start of last month I started a new colony by taking frames with brood from one hive to which I introduced a new mated queen on 04/06/15. All initially went well. By 29/06/15 there was 7 frames of brood in brood box + she'd been able to sneak pass the QE & laid in 6 frames of the...

Hi All, I had the good fortune to find a swarm of bees that had made home in between to large plant pots (one stacked on the other with a convenient gap between the two). Uncertain of how long they'd been there. Instead of putting them in a cardboard box & taking up to the apiary. I decided to...

Hi Peeps, I'm in the process of creating a new colony from my single hive. I placed an order for a new queen, which I planned to collect on Saturday. And yesterday evening placed 4 frames of brood & stores into the new hive in readiness of her highness. Either I made an error in order...

Hi Peeps, Just like to say hello. I'm new to the boards & a relative newbie to beekeeping. I'm located in Chelmsford, Essex...... the land of Towie lol :rolleyes: :laughing-smiley-004 I have 3 nucs purchased last year which were placed into national hives & have been over wintered. These reside...