Looking for some advice. One of my 3 pound packages that I installed about a week and half ago, seems to be queenless, there are only 2 frames of bees and I can't see any brood...period. I'm not sure what happened! I checked on this hive 4 days after I installed the package. She was out of her cage...but I did not see her at that time.
Here are the questions:
Should install 1-2 frames of bees from one of my other hives and introduce a new queen (which I can probably pick up mid next week)?
Should I see if I can get my hands on another package? Would there be any issue with "dumping" 2 pounds of bees(and queen) into this hive with the existing bees?
Other suggestions?
Thanks,
Chris
Here are the questions:
Should install 1-2 frames of bees from one of my other hives and introduce a new queen (which I can probably pick up mid next week)?
Should I see if I can get my hands on another package? Would there be any issue with "dumping" 2 pounds of bees(and queen) into this hive with the existing bees?
Other suggestions?
Thanks,
Chris