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Thanks everyone for your advice. Finally managed to convince the cluster to stay in the hive although it took few attempts. Firstly I took the floor off & and off placed the hive on the stand at an angle, in the hope the cluster would just climb into the brood body by itself. This worked with...

Thanks Veg. You've convinced me I'll do it a bit later when I get home. I suppose I should smoke the hive & remove a few frames to pour them into. Do think I should spray the cluster with sugar water first .... I think I read something about that in a book once, possibly to do with calming...

>> Why did you stop feeding, do you think there is sufficient nectar for them locally? Sorry I forgot to mention I switch to using 2 litre entrance feeders on both hives. (Probably a poor idea but I thought it would disturb the bees less) >>> Do you have anything between the top bars of the...

Hello Everyone, This is my first post here, so apologies if this is the wrong place. I am a first time bee keeper as well. Last Sat 22 May, I purchased two packages of bees from Mike Roberts of Easy Bee Products in Gloucester. These consist of a blue plastic box with 3.5 lbs of bees, a mated...