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Without going into a long winded story, I have a 5 frame nucleus which has 2 queen cells made from a test frame I put in as they lost their virgin queen, so I know they aren't drone eggs....But just started finding eggs everywhere on the walls and bottom of empty cells and upto 4 eggs per cell...

Over the last week, I've done an artificial swarm the 'regular' way, and a second using a Wedmore board I knocked up. I want to try a Snelgrove board so I can bleed bees back into the parent hive but what's niggling at me is how does it stop the hive swarming? I mean, the Snelgrove board has...

My Gran saves anything bee related for me from the papers, this one made me smile. In ripley and heanor news, (other papers are available) someones jumped on the band wagon with a story on bees, and (unless I'm mistaken) used a stock photo of a fly rather than a bee. :winner1st...

Hi all, I've been a long time lurker on the forum, and kept quiet as often it's better to listen (read) more than than talk. Gets me in less trouble :) I have 4 national hives, all slightly different looking from the outside as I like to make them myself. Did my first inspection yesterday and...