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I'd have been inclined to give it a frame of brood if I didn't have a hive empty.
Yesterday I spotted a couple of bees investigating an empty hive, today there were a dozen or so checking out a couple of them. I'm hopeful, maybe there's a nother swarm on the way.
I've heard of Africanised bees doing this, but they're a tropical type which wouldn't last five minutes in our winters
I had a visit from the bee inspector yesterday; they're trying to get round everyone, and find out where everyone's hives are, so that if there's an outbreak of disease they'll be in a position to check them all. He said they think only about 50% of beekeepers have registered on Beebase (https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/index.cfm). Has everyone signed up?
Nobody's likely to be buying nucs this late in the year, but I've just been told that someone - I don't know who - is selling nucs infected with brood disease. Next year, don't buy from any commercial seller unless they're certified free from disease, in writing.