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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bron" data-source="post: 8616" data-attributes="member: 59">Welcome to the forum [USER=491]@Stephen Horsley[/USER]. Beekeeping is a weird and wonderful hobby/occupation. You have indeed had trial of out of frying pan and into the fire. Virgin Queens are often sneaky, very agile and indeed hard to spot. The bees are also quite forgiving of most of the things we try to do to them. As yes but has said it’s easier to spot eggs than the Queen, however a couple of tips are to look for blank spaces about 1/2 the size of an old fifty cent piece. As you look at the frame do it like you’re skim reading, try not to focus on anything, after that have a slow sweep round the outside and then into the middle of the frame. Then slowly flip it over and do the same on the other side. New Italian bees (gold) are shiny.Good luck with your girls. Don’t be shy about coming back to ask more questions. Read your practical beekeeping chapter on swarming a couple of times. It’s a cracker of a book for newbies. I’ve got mine on kindle too so I can read it while I’m waiting places. Over ten years of beekeeping and I still learn something new everyday.</blockquote>

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