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Any advice on tackling wasps bothering one of my hives would be very welcome. I don't think they're getting robbed massively but there are persistent visitors that aren't being kept out of the hive.

I have set a new queen, in cage with attendants, up in a hive with some brood on frame, nurse bees, and sealed honey. I can see a lot of wasps visiting the colony (robbing?). Should I close the hive up to keep the wasps out while the new queen works her way out of the cage or leave it all...

Hi, I'm a beginner beekeeper with one hive. A couple of weeks ago we noticed that the queen had gone. The hive has one queen cell that has yet to hatch. If that queen cell is unsuccesful how do I go about introducing new queen to this jhive?

Hi, my name's Oli, I got into beekeeping last year after ages dithering about.