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Thanks for the advice I'll check again at the weekend and if it looks like they are starving I'll give a little syrup. Its not the end of the world if I don't get honey, its a learning experience but I really would like even some just keep my spirits up.

Thanks, I have a feeling they have cast swarmed, the number of bees seems greatly reduced and they were bearding a lot a couple of weeks ago, I may well have left more than one queen cell in the hive after the first swarm. Maybe I should just feed both colonies and keep my fingers crossed that...

This is my first year of beekeeping so still very much finding my feet. My first colony swarmed 4 weeks ago, we managed to capture the swarm and get it into a new hive. I've let them settle in, when I checked them 2 weeks ago all seemed ok but today I cant see new brood in either the old or new...

Thanks for the replies, you're right in that the foundation in the new hive is new and will need built out, I suppose its fingers crossed for the weather to hold up. Its a shame because it was a great spring so far so I had high hopes, having said that I learned quite a bit last week about...

Hi, my first post on this forum. I've been keeping bees since last June, my nuc colony had built up really well and I was hoping for some honey later this year. However the colony swarmed last week, luckily I had a new hive ready to go and I managed to collect the swarm. I now have two...