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I think you could be right Jonnybeegood, I noticed exactly the same thing witha swarm I collected a few days ago, I cleared the fence post of all bees and when i went back the next day there were more bees there, like yours they all eventually went back to the hive

Cheers Wessexmario, I'll do that when I head back over, hopefully that will encourage the stragglers to get into the new pad J.

and so the story continues...... I went back to the hive today to check the bottom brood box for queen cells, eggs etc... I waited for a break in the rain, got suited up and went in, boy oh boy were they annoyed ! could not see any eggs but did see some more queen cells but to my untrained eye...

Its just occurred to me that if they are making queen cells then they are getting ready to swarm ? Any advice on what I should do ? J.

A nice break in the weather so got myself over to the hive and geared myself up for the task. I inspected the hive as I went down through the three supers, I have now removed one as it was not getting used at all. The two bottom supers both had a good amount of honey in them but not many bees...

Thanks Kath, If the weather is ok tomorrow I'll give it a go. The hive is in a partially sheltered area so should be ok. Thanks for the offer of help, I may yet call you, J.

Thanks again everyone, I guess I will gear myself up for the next dry spell, can you really inspect a hive in the rain ?, and clean the hive up, just feel really guilty about killing off all those grubs but I guess its all part of keeping bees. I am a member of Preston Bee keepers and I've...

Thank you for the quick reply and advice, I suspected that is what I would have to do, its raining again over here again so will do it as soon as there is a break in the weather. What should I do if it continues to rain and is cold ? What should I do with all the comb and grubs I remove ...

Hi all, I am new to bee keeping having only had a hive for a couple of months. I completed an introduction course last year run by the local bee keeping club then was lucky enough to purchase a full hive + bees from someone local who was moving away. I have been managing to do regular...