Went to the apiary to see what had happened during the week. Despite the queen being released from the cage there was no sign of her, and not larvae. So Mike put a frame of larvae from another hive into the middle of our brood box, and suggested we put a jam jar full of sugar and water for them to eat as their supplies are low. We closed the box back up again and watched as the other hives were opened and hundreds of bees and their larvae revealed. We found the queen in one box.
The next day we went back with a jam jar of liquid sugar, the lid puntured lots of times, and put it upside down on the top board, over the holes for the bees to access and we put the lid back on. Fingers crossed for next week.
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