If you have a queenless colony, can you shake a captured swarm in to make it queenright?
If you have a queenless colony, can you shake a captured swarm in to make it queenright?
The short answer is "Yes." However, are your queenless bees attempting to make a queen? If they are, I would suggest you shake them into a different hive and have two different hives!
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Like "New Ky Beekeeper" said, yes.
But be sure to clear out any queen cells/queen cell cups, first, just to make it more likely that they won't give the swarm queen any trouble.
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