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So it would appear..........will think twice before going away around swarming time next year. Thanks for the advice and opinion.

Thanks for the information......very useful and may explain why there is no obvious activity going on. As for the books.........I have read many from cover to cover several times but sometimes they just don't answer all the questions Which makes the forum invaluable. Will ignore the other...

I lost a prime swarm (huge cloud of bees fling across the garden) initially from one hive but subsequently caught what were two sizeable but probably cast swarms, as you suggest, one from each hive. There have been a couple of small casts released since then. There is plenty activity going on...

My 2 hives swarmed around 3 weeks ago but I managed to catch 2 of the swarms but let the casts go. Didnt have the time to manage the hives prior to swarming. The problem is that I now have 4 hives but there is not evidence of a Queen in any one of them. I searched extensively last week and again...

Its possible that they have both already swarmed as I am not around enough to watch out for it. The 2 hives seem really strong and have been thriving on the rapeseed that is surrounding us. They are possibly both sufficiently strong to split up in to nucleus but that goes beyond my sphere of...

Just opened up my 2 hives after watching one of them swarm and disappear over the horizon to find the other hive has at least a dozen queen cells which are sealed over. Question is should I just leave them to swarm or is there something I can do to prevent this happening at what appears to be a...