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Hi all, can anyone point me in the right direction, for plans/design, to make one for swarm collection, are you better using poly nuc or national brood box, thanks in advance.

Thanks all, they initially rejected bought queen, let her lay then binned her and produced their own, it’s a shame was a strong hive two supers, but These ladies March to their drum 🥁 shake out it is, two in a season 🥲

Hi, Virgin Queen on the 3rd of Aug inspected today, laying pattern looks fine however looks to be a drone laying queen. ? If she wasn’t mated is that due to it being early Aug and late in the season or is she just getting into the swing of things, what are your thoughts please

Hi Jeff this is interesting, i introduced new queen to a demaree split that had been on a double brood box it was time of high flow and they killed the new queen and produced their own off her brood, whether she wasn’t performing, quick scenario, I had nuc that was failing as they binned a...

I think I marked her too soon, they’ve binned her and started laying themselves there’s several eggs in these 🤦‍♂️

I didn’t visualise her today she’s marked Red but no sign of her, I will go back over the next couple of days

All sealed brood looks drone to me and theres no other brood, there’s several eggs in multiple cells if you enlarge image 🤦‍♂️

Hi what are your thoughts please, I think I dropped a bollock and marked my queen too soon, notes in my book on 19/5/23 say, I located beautiful queen and marked queen, no eggs or brood yet, revisited on the 8/6/23 on inspection eggs, larva present closed backup and didn’t do thorough...

Hi Ant, Just a quick update, you were bang on EQC we’re viable went in yesterday remaining QCs I’d left in were torn down and a beautiful looking virgin queen parading round like she owns the place, I cut out x4 of the original QCs and used in splits from other hives x2 produced queens and no...

Thanks Ant, I really appreciate your support with this one, you can’t beat experience and knowledge, you are bang on, I’ve estimated approx 11/12 June, swarm took residence in swarm trap on the 26th, I am definitely going to reduce the double brood and us EQC from nuc, fingers crossed they don’t...

Hi Jen, what would you do in this situation then ??

Hi Ant, thanks for your reply and advice, whilst on the subject of the QCs I’ve just inspected hive 6 double brood box, first brood all stages super calm, went to inspect low box, OMG super aggressive proper attack mode, even following me after I reassembled hive, not tolerating that, I have...

Hi John, I once read if you shake frames upside down you don’t detach the larva from the Royal Jelly, not sure whether that’s a myth now then 🤦‍♂️

Hi Antipodes, please find attached pics

thanks, i will post pics tomorrow, they look viable, if they are, I have two hives on double brood which are rammed, I will make a couple of nucs

Nuc rammed, I shook bees off, there are a few capped brood and drone, no eggs or larva present on any of the remains frames, I wasn’t sure at first glance whether this was a small queen, what would you do if hey were yours

Swarm that arrived in a swarm trap, please see pics attached, scrutinise and see if you can see a small queen, it would appear what shes laid they’ve produced QCs no other stages of brood. Thoughts please, 1, knock all but one down 2, use QCs and make A couple of nucs up from Stronger hives 3...

Hi J, you were bang on, I checked her today and she’s alive and kicking 😘

Thanks J, two fold for your prompt reply and it’s an interesting read, she wasn’t as bad as his 😜 at least she’s marked and I won’t have to touch her again, I have the same affect on the Mrs, her new Nic name is Cat from now on 😜