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Thanks, I put the wasp there for a size comparison!, glad they are not the dreaded Asian hornets 🥳

Hi Everyone, caught a lot of these things hanging around, pretty sure they are normal wasp queens but wanted to check, many thanks.

Seriously, I have been keeping bees for 7 years, done the bbk courses, found and marked queens, helped rehive swarms and raised queens etc etc etc, this year I have had 2 of my 6 hives swarm, I have done everything diligently and still it happens, never get downhearted, keep going and it will...

Thank you all, that’s very helpful. sorry I didn’t make it very clear, the swarm was from one of my other 2 hives which I captured in a nearby apple tree, it seemed to be settling well but as I mentioned I thought I had mislaid the Queen, following advice From an experienced beekeeper I...

I rehived a swarm about 4 weeks ago , I was fairly certain at the time that I didn’t have the Queen as I saw her flying away!, left them for a week and then added a frame of brood and eggs from the adjacent hive, since then they have been very “stingy”, they swarmed again today although the...

Hi Steve, good to meet you!, I’m in Cossall just up the road!. I’m down to one hive at the moment as I lost one in the autumn😢, cheers Simon