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Thanks for the tips / advice. I'll let you know how I get on.

Nice one!

Thanks for your quick reply. If I find eggs in the comb, should I cut out those frames for the new hive? Tom

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice please. Yesterday I was given a small swarm in a very small 6 frame box (sorry don't know the type) but obviously it doesn't match the rest of my hives which are all Dadants. The guy who donated the swarm wants the box back over the next week or two so I need...

Brilliant! Over what period (and in what numbers) where they scouting the hive before the swarm turned up?

Yep, I wore jeans a few weeks back and got a sting in each thigh for my trouble. I also got a bee inside my veil TWICE (0.5cm split in the mesh) the other day, luckily I got them before they got me that time!

Thanks again for the replies, OK, the weather is fine today so I will pop down and take a frame of honey (mostly Dandelion here at the mo) from the new hive and swap it for a frame of emerging brood from the old hive, right? I'll put the honey frame in next to the brood nest and the frame of...

Thanks for your replies, I'll leave the new hive alone for a couple of weeks and see what happens and I'll be sure to find the queen first next time. I have two questions though: 1. The new hive is warm way with the unsealed and opened QC's on the frame nearest the entrance, this and the 5...

Thanks for your replies, it's fun this bee keeping lark eh? @Polyanwood Thanks. This is what I did EXCEPT... 1. I moved 2 frames of brood. 2. I couldn't find the Queen. (I have heard and read that this is OK to do if you can't find the queen. Am I wrong here?) Yes, this is what I thought...

Hi all, this is my first post on the forum so please be gentle with me. :) About 3 weeks ago I split the colony in my hive (A) as it was showing signs of swarming (Eggs in queen cells). Basically, I moved Hive A a couple of meters to the side of new Hive B which I placed onto Hive A's old...