If a empty hive or nuc is placed side by side next to an established hive or hives, will the bees drift into the empty hive and fill the frames?:confused:
Or will they see it as a potential home to split off to?:confused: Or neither.
Drifting question
If a empty hive or nuc is placed side by side next to an established hive or hives, will the bees drift into the empty hive and fill the frames?:confused:
Or will they see it as a potential home to split off to?:confused: Or neither.
If it isn't broken, don't try to fix it. If you build it, they will fill it.
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No but they will rob the empty hive. You might catch a swarm with it.
Clint
Clinton Bemrose<br />just South of Lansing Michigan<br />Beekeeping since 1964
Drifting question
You may want to do what is called a drift divide.
Ernie
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Bees don't accidentally go into an empty hive and mistakenly think they are home. No. They won't.
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