I had a hive starve out about 2 weeks ago. Yeah my mistake, I had given them some sugar water two weeks previous but I had underestimated how bad this spring would be in Milwaukee.
Anyway. I have a 2 lb package coming in some time this week. I've already shaken out most of the dead bees from the dead out, but was kind of upset and in a hurry so i had left the dead brood in cells. I'm not sure what are healthy limits for a package to deal with themselves. I would assume that since its been almost 3 weeks now the brood has gotten unclean/bacteria growth.
Should I cut out the 3 week dead brood out of my previous hive for the package or leave it to the package bees to clear it out?
Anyway. I have a 2 lb package coming in some time this week. I've already shaken out most of the dead bees from the dead out, but was kind of upset and in a hurry so i had left the dead brood in cells. I'm not sure what are healthy limits for a package to deal with themselves. I would assume that since its been almost 3 weeks now the brood has gotten unclean/bacteria growth.
Should I cut out the 3 week dead brood out of my previous hive for the package or leave it to the package bees to clear it out?