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There was definitely a queen in there. I have removed her now and will introduce a bought one today. I haven't had much success raising queens. There must not be many drones in my area for them to mate with. I don't know of any other bee keepers near to me. I found brood at the bottom of the...

My hive has replaced the queen and she is laying lots of drone brood. Can this happen initially or is she not mated well?

Many thanks for the advice

I have a couple of questions regarding queen introductions that I would be grateful if someone could answer..... If you add a new mated queen (purchased) to a hive without the attendants, how long would the queen survive on her own? If you added the queen with the attendants using an on the...

My hive still has loads of bees in. I have been feeding syrup for the past few weeks. Will they start to reduce in numbers? Surly the syrup will not last long with this many bee's still going?

I have been inspecting every 10 days but I unfortunately missed a week out so it would have been approx. 17 days since last inspection. I was thinking the same that its rammed with bees which is why I was wanting to add more space. Could you please advise how I can provide more space for the...

Apologies for not replying sooner but I wanted to inspect the hive prior to posting again so I had more information. I inspected it today and found two new queens. The original queen is nowhere to be found. There is capped worker and drone brood visible but no larvae. The beekeeper I...

I got a 5 frame nuc in June which has grown and drawn out all 11 frames of a national brood box. I have been feeding them sugar syrup while they were drawing the frames out. Is it too late in the season to provide a second brood box? Would they draw the frames out and should I continue to...