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Just as an update for anyone in the same predicament s myself. With no sign of any queen activity, I finally gave up waiting & brought the hive into the apiary on 10th June (I thought the new queen would have a better chance to get mated there, as very few bees close to me). I asked a more...

Thanks Craig & RAB for your quick replies. My worry is that if I wait I waill start to get laying workers, & then the game will be up! But I will give it another week or 2 & see what happens. the reason I think the queen was just emerged was that the other queen cells were still intact. If the...

Hi, I got my first bees last year & successfully got them through their 1st winter. The queen was unmarked - I had never been able to find her but could see that she was working so wasn't too worried. The colony was very strong in april, but I was away the first weekend in may & I think that it...