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The nurse bees will move up pretty quickly and you should be able to make your split in a couple of hours. If you can, wait over-night, you aren't going to hurt anything by waiting.

It doesn't...

Diana,

Honey temperature is a very big factor in extraction. If you could get the frames up to 90º to 100º F you will have better luck.

Assuming that your hives did not fail due to foul...

Totally agree with Slow! Give the hive a little smoke before you put the feeder back on and you will chase the girls on top of the frames down, so you don't smash them either.

Now is a GREAT...

Sharpbees,

Have you tried this? I used dry ice and did not get a complete brood kill. Liquid nitrogen is the only thing that I have used that is cold enough to consistently get the job done. ...

Sallyd,

I would not recommend breaking a hive in the middle of a move. You are going to have bees everywhere, night or day!

Where are you in Atl. If I can, I will come and help you...

rhaldridge

Overheating will be your biggest enemy for your move.

If you could delay your package and install it in Vermont you may have better luck. If you can delay, move the package inside...

You should be OK from a temperature stand point. In the future wrap the frame in a warm, moist towel so that the eggs and larvae don't dry out.

You should see evidence of queen cells in 24 to 48...

You should have cells started in 24 to 48 hours if they are going to make a queen. Don't be afraid to check on them!

If you don't have multiple cells started I would call Mr. Arthur Hudgins at...

Is there any protein available in the feeder? If there are any dead bees or any protein substitute in the feeder you may have small hive beetle (SHB) larvae. SHBs love top feeders in warm weather. ...

Buzz,
There are two different pheromones at work in the situation you describe. The worker brood pheromone suppresses laying workers, but the lack of queen pheromone is what stimulates queen cell...

Crimson clover is bee friendly, red clover is not. Crimson is a re-seeding annual, meaning that it reproduces each year from seed rather than persisting like most red and white clovers. Crimson...

You may want to call Queen Rite Colonies in Spencer, Oh. and see if they have queens available. 440-647-2602

Three hours of driving may save you a lot of headache.

Marked Queen!!! All I have now is suposition.

Meg,

More than likely what you picked up was a queen returning from a maiting flight. Check your split with the swarm cells and confirm that your old queen is not with them. If the old queen is...

You might try moving two or three frames with brood up to the top box. I would place them brood-deep-brood-deep in the center of the box (basically a checker-board). You will get drone comb on the...

I started a package in a nuc last spring (early April in AL) and it worked great! The girls can spend their energy on drawing comb rather than keeping warm. You should have five fully drawn combs...