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Update : They have arrived in a Nuc box..so we have left them in there sited where hive is...they have been out and about foraging in the garden so all good hopefully , thought we'd check on them in a week/10 days to see what's happening inside ( the man wants his box back in 12 days) He said...

Brill thanks everyone , will make notes as to what to ask him when I collect and will no doubt be back on here before during and after! On a side issue ...do I take a 'gift' to exchange for the swarm ..what is the etiquette ? (thinking a bottle of Sloe Gin?) And ..(last thing) we have three...

Hi ...have lugged the husbands ancient National Hives thru a couple of house moves , lost the last colony whilst living in Derbyshire and not feeding them enough. Now settled on the Chester/North Wales Border ..beginners Beekeepers Course done and first bees arriving tomorrow.(mild panic setting...

They will have been boxed for four days by tomorrow and the beekeeper is about 12 miles away.... Thanks for the info and replying

So had a call last night that a beekeeper has a 'boxed swarm' that we can collect tomorrow evening (eeeeeek!!) ...we decided last week we were going to wait til next year but hey ho ..fate has intervened! Been reading lots of different ways to hive them ..but think some real life advice would be...