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I've been working on getting a colony out of the eave of a house for the last day. I got all of the comb with brood/eggs into frames in a 5 frame nuc and dumped most of the bees into the nuc. When I went back today I found that there were quite a few bees in the nuc, but the queen has absconded into a tree with a swarm that is too high to reach. My questions are:
1) Is there any chance that this colony in the nuc will survive?
2) Will they make a new queen with the eggs that they have?
3) Should I buy a queen instead of waiting for them to make one?
4) I have a few other hives, should I put them into a full size box and add some frames of brood?
Thanks for any help available
1) Is there any chance that this colony in the nuc will survive?
2) Will they make a new queen with the eggs that they have?
3) Should I buy a queen instead of waiting for them to make one?
4) I have a few other hives, should I put them into a full size box and add some frames of brood?
Thanks for any help available