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Thank you for all the help. Queen cell eventually emerged, later than expected and spotted the queen inside. Left them alone immediately and will come back in 2-3 weeks time. I haven't been able to rid the hive of bees settling underneath the mesh floor. I did knock them off the base pre queen...

Hello all and thank you for the welcome. I went through and removed all queen cells bar one earlier this week. Expecting emergence today/tomorrow based on when they swarmed. My plan was to check that remaining queen cell on Friday, if the queen has emerged then leave them alone for 3-4 weeks...

Hello everyone, I am into my second year but new to this forum and still very much a newbie to beekeeping. My first hive swarmed earlier this week having filled their first super much quicker than I anticipated. It was both a scary and exhilarating learning experience as the swarmed bees were...