That doesn't sound real encouraging. Any sign of q activity on the frames or are these bees just wonder what the.....? Where'd my hive go?
That doesn't sound real encouraging. Any sign of q activity on the frames or are these bees just wonder what the.....? Where'd my hive go?... I shook the queen .. from a lang hive into a tbh box.
Do they have enough ventilation? It's weird when they clump in cool weather and I was just wondering if some of that is dampness in the hive itself, just a theory mind you.Last Saturday I shook the queen and several frames of bees from a lang hive into a tbh box with 2 frames of drawn comb and sugar water. The last two nights they have clustered on the outside of the box. Anybody know what this means?? Evenings are cool still cool here so I don't think it is heat related - plus the hive is well ventilated.
Thanks,
Drake
Did you ever find an answer to this clustering? I started my TBH the same way a week and a half ago. I still have a huge cluster on the outside, although about half of the bees are inside. Did they finally move in and get to work? Thx.Last Saturday I shook the queen and several frames of bees from a lang hive into a tbh box with 2 frames of drawn comb and sugar water. The last two nights they have clustered on the outside of the box. Anybody know what this means?? Evenings are cool still cool here so I don't think it is heat related - plus the hive is well ventilated.
Thanks,
Drake
Same thing happened to me. They went to my neighbors yard and I recaptured them. See my post: http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240284They absconded within a day or two.
Had a screened bb, maybe too much ventilation.
SBB on langs are part of the bottom board though so the light issue isn't the same.not the case in my Langs, I've got SBB on all and 95% are open all the time including nucs and also including nucs in winter)