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Thanks for the advice. Yes it is great to see them in the garden and in actual fact, this is the second year we've had them in a compost bin. Last year we had two and they did lay eggs. We had ten little snakes come autumn. That was quite a way away from where the hives are but it looks like...

Just found an adult grass snake in a compost heap very close to my hives. Can anyone advise me if this might become a problem and if so, apart from getting rid of the snake (which I'm loathe to disturb) offer any thoughts please? Thanks

Thanks everyone, I don't have a nuc so I'll get some frames out and insulate. The swarm was about the size of a small pineapple so yes, I'm convinced it was a caste.

I'm a novice in my first year and I collected a small swarm locally on Saturday 31st and re-hived it successfully (or so I thought). Opened the hive today to find very little drawn comb all of which was on the outside of the two centre frames. No eggs or queen to be seen. I'm pretty sure she's...