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Thank you, thought as much.

Hi all I picked up my 3rd swarm in as many weeks yesterday from my garden, about 20 metres away from my existing hives. The collection went ok, but unlike previous times there were some bees left flying (not swarming) so we left the box close to the location until as late as possible last...

Thank-you that helps alot.

Just two few frames, where I had feeders in for the winter. I of course had planned to add them, i'm still quite new to this and learning as I go.

Hi there, I finally got round to looking into my two hives this weekend after being away etc. I found that due to not have full supers on the top of each hive, the little blighters have of course built themselves a wonderful comb castle in the space. My question is should I remove this and...

I think you might be right. I read that the VQ's can often be found clinging to the walls or corners of a hive during inspections. And I found quite a few bees doing that in the hive yesterday when I check on them. Im hoping this is the start of something lovely :-)

ok thanks

what is VQ?

Hi there, After moving two hives from the south to Surrey in Feb, one is doing very well but we lost one a couple of weeks ago. Unsure why. The good news is that in the last couple of days it appears to have picked up a new swarm as it is now full of Bees again :-) They were quite fiesty...