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Thanks for the encouragements. 🤗

Thanks, all, for taking the time to reply. There is just so much to learn!

Thank you. Sadly this is a possibility and, given that I didn't spot any queen cups, quite likely. 😔

Thank you. I don't have another colony, however I've since buddied up with another beekeeper in my village who has kindly offered to share time and resources should I continue keeping bees next season. 😊

Earlier this season a swarm of bees moved into my empty hive. It seemed to be going okay. I couldn't see the queen but there were signs of her activity by way of single eggs and a good brood pattern. Unfortunately I was unable to check the hive for a period of two months, and when I returned...

The queen that was in the hive had a very obvious marking making her very easy to spot. When I looked the second time she was nowhere to be seen and also there was no brood present. There's a chance I may have missed noticing eggs though. On the third inspection I saw a queen and she was...

Thank you for your replies. I've gone back and checked the dates. I discovered the swarm with the marked queen on May 3rd. I made my next inspection actually nearly four weeks later on 30th May when I found the hive queenless. New queen arrived 9th June. Maybe a Virgin queen had started...

Thank you ��. I'll put the brood frames back today.

Hello Last winter our single colony of bees died, so I decided that we wouldn't get any more bees this year. However when I went to bring the hive in to clean and store I noticed activity - a new swarm had turned up complete with a marked queen! I returned to the hive two weeks later to...

Apparently I registered on this forum five years ago. 🤔 Being an untrained beekeeper I'm here for moral support and all the tips I can pick up. I've been left to look after my husband's bees now he's working longer hours. 😳