Kevin M
06-03-2007, 07:17 AM
I had one strong hive to start, lost the first big swarm from this hive.I caught two small afterswarms, which i put in two med.box, one swarm in each. Then i did a split with the original hive.Knowing the two deep brood boxes needed to be given more space, i went back into the two new splits, removing some frames of honey and brood, a whole deeps worth.I put this on another hive stand, i know there aren't enoug nurse bees in there.
My question, can i put that deep of brood, which has a small queen cell on one of my two new small swarm hives.I would put newspaper over the new med hive and place the queenless deep of brood on top of newspaper, having and entrance on top and bottom...Will the older workers and new queen accept tis...?
I was also thinking of running the deep frames of queenless brood & honey through my tablesaw to med. size and giving to the two new med hives made from swarms.I'm trying to get rid of all my deeps, have been adding med.permacomb for brood and honey supers....The deep of brood has maybe one frame of nurse bees, way to few bees for the brood in that box, its been about 24 hrs now...Am i going to loss that brood if i just wait and see if the few bees can work it out themselves...?
My question, can i put that deep of brood, which has a small queen cell on one of my two new small swarm hives.I would put newspaper over the new med hive and place the queenless deep of brood on top of newspaper, having and entrance on top and bottom...Will the older workers and new queen accept tis...?
I was also thinking of running the deep frames of queenless brood & honey through my tablesaw to med. size and giving to the two new med hives made from swarms.I'm trying to get rid of all my deeps, have been adding med.permacomb for brood and honey supers....The deep of brood has maybe one frame of nurse bees, way to few bees for the brood in that box, its been about 24 hrs now...Am i going to loss that brood if i just wait and see if the few bees can work it out themselves...?