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Many thanks, for the advice. The old queen died last night, it got down to 3-4'C last night here, and she had been out 5 nights, found her dead with a handful of works under the hive. No eggs in the hive. Just done a AS with a large sealed queen cell, 2 full frames of capped brood and some very...

I am relatively new to beekeeping. Here is the story: I hived a swarm last year. 2-3 weeks ago I inspected the colony, found the queen, marked her and clipped one wing. There were a few queen cups in the hive, with no eggs / larva in them, I left them alone. 5 days ago the colony swarmed. The...