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I have just had the bee inspector around to see my colony. He was not overly concerned, and felt they were on their way to overcoming the virus. On that basis, he didn't recommend any significant course of action. That's a relief!

I am glad I found this topic - I have one colony with exactly these symptoms, and I have puzzled over the problem for several weeks. I performed a Snelgrove split in mid May, and the two nucs created are not showing signs of the problem. At the moment all three hives are isolated in an apiary...

I am beginning to sound like a one man Wally Shaw fanclub! Go to the WBKA website and look in the information section for a paper about snelgrove boards, and how to use them. You will also find plans for a snelgrove board in the same area. You can add a super below the excluder/crown board, and...

I took an empty hive up ready to relocate the colony trying to burst out of a nuc box. Also put some fondant on one of the other colonies as a precaution. Need some warm weather now!

I was at the WBKA convention on Saturday, and was lucky enough to hear the talk by Wally Shaw about pre-emptive swarming. With a double brood, you have an excellent opportunity to split the colony in May and to use a Snelgrove board. You can then either use the opportunity for increase, or...

Is she still laying? If so, you could just take her out and the colony will make an emergency queen cell, or do nothing and wait for the colony to decide the next step. If they make another supercedure cell, don't tear it down! If she isn't laying, then I would take her out, and put a frame with...

Queen will emerge in 16 days, not 23 - she will start laying eggs her self if successfully mated from about 23 days onwards.Current conditions may mean a significantly longer wait for eggs to be laid!