From: "deelusbybeekeeper" <deelusbybeekeeper@excelonline.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 08:14:12 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Adjusting to 49ers

Hi to all on Biological Beekeeping:

Gene wrote:

> My real problem is that I have 2 strong hives with
> queens and eggs, but 1 hive which suffered heavy loss
> in shipping and now proves to have NO queen. Have
> called Bill,who said he would send me one, but doesn't
> have any at the present. The bees have begun a queen
> cell, but have no eggs. Sould I give them a frame with
> eggs from another hive or wait a week for a queen to
> get here.

Reply:

Gene, if you have two strong hives with queens and eggs, give the weak one a
frame of eggs and open brood from each, exchanging frames from the weak one
if they have enough bees to cover the brood of two new frames of brood
inserted. Let them raise a new queen.You wait a week or more and they may
fight a new queen as laying worker urges start to set in to the scenario
making introduction harder. Then in a week or two when replacement queen
arrives you have another option (remember you have two strong hives you
say.) Do you by any chance have a double screen divider?

Dee