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- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire UK
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 6
Horrible bees are horrible to requeen imo. Good luck!
That is so true ... that is what we were doing with the colony from hell last year ... it was a beginners colony sold to her as 'manageable and productive' . She was really put off by her first couple of inspections when the bees were murderous. We put a new queen in there but I understand the lady has lost the colony over winter and is not going to keep bees any more.
It's really sad but a trap that new beekeepers fall in to ... buying bees without knowledge of what you are buying and the experience to cope with a colony like this rarely has a successful outcome. Vile bees are very off putting.