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They were very understanding thankfully!

We're in Suffolk, how about you?

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)

They are a lot harder to find and catch than laying queens because they are smaller and faster. Just take your time and be ready when you do find her. If you take your eyes off her she will be gone. It may be that you have a failed queen still in their, which would be easier. This happened to one of my colonies over the winter.

@@InTheHive-Beekeeping many thanks for the reply I will checking tomorrow

@@angelamitchell7531 if you can't find a queen then putting in a "test frame" with eggs and young larvae will tell you if there is one present. If they draw out queen cells then no queen present. If not then there will be a queen in there somewhere. Best of luck with it!

Local mongrels at the moment, my original queen was from a swarm in the garden. These are her daughters and another queen we cut out of a chair last year. They have all been pretty prolific, we appear to have a lot of "Buckfast type" genetics around here. Rather prone to swarm, but hoping I can learn to tame them.

Thanks Denbee. I should have known to check again, not a clever move but won't let it happen again.

Thanks Aiden. I had in my head that as the one I'd left was so much more mature, they wouldn't try to make more. Lesson learned!

Hi Aidan, That sounds like an interesting technique, I'll have to give it a try next time I come across some more wax moth larvae. I imagine you would want to shake the bees off first as they're not fond of vibration either. Warm way/cold way is always an interesting debate. My friend and mentor has his warm way. I like to try different things andI read that bees in the wild will generally orientate their combs the cold way compared to the entrance. I try to mimic how they would do things where I can. It's also good if you have two people inspecting, as you can stand either side. Interestingly this isn't a debate elsewhere in the world as nearly all other hive designs (other than National) have the frames arranged in the cold way. Ultimately, I'm not sure it makes a lot of difference. Thanks for watching!

@@InTheHive-Beekeeping No worries, this is my second year beekeeping but I have been interested in keeping bees since 2017 and I am still learning how to improve my beekeeping.

Thanks Denbee, not sure if it's me or my bees but it's looking like another busy spring! Hopefully it makes for interesting viewing at least.

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Thanks for watching! She is the daughter of my original queen, who arrived as part of a swarm in my garden a couple of years ago. Her mother did a similar thing early last year. The "local" bees hear appear to have quite a heavy buckfast influence in terms of looks and behaviour.

Thanks Denbee, good suggestion. I'm still learning and didn't feel as organised as I could have been for this one.

Nice channel, I'm subscribed and looking forward to watching your videos.

Not really, it's a bit warmer in Suffolk than most of the UK, but this colony seem to have got off to a flier and ran out of space. I would have expected to be okay for at least another couple of weeks really.

I wanted to leave her with the shallow box on top. Temperature overnight was 9 degrees and she should be joined by all the flying bees. I'm not sure they would all fit in a nuc. Thanks for watching!

Hi Laura, I'm in Suffolk so not too far from you. This colony is my biggest of four and also the only one producing lots of drones. Looks like we're going to get a week or two of colder weather which I am hoping will put them off swarming. But it also makes inspections impossible! Crossing my fingers :)

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@@InTheHive-Beekeeping it's nice to see all the inspection process recorded so thanks. This is my first year overwintering so still learning a lot. I am hoping to inspect again in about 3 weeks to see if we can do a split soon. Have a great season and keep videos coming 🐝

Good news for getting some early splits done, but looks like we could be in for some early swarms.