Tonight, we decided to remove one frame of brood at all stages from the hive number 6 and give it to hive number 1 in order to try and save it.
Hive number 1 has now got a laying queen (she was found at he weekend when we spotted eggs) and when we opened it up tonight there was a frame of capped brood, but not enough nurse bees to help see it through until these grubs hatch.
It has taken an awful long time for this quessn to go out on her mating flight and start to lay, but fingers crossed we will now save it.
We also fed it a solution of sugar syrup so they dont have to work to hard finding food or robbing their stores in order to survive.
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