I have a trapped out double deep feral hive which failed to make a queen and now has laying worker(s). I also have a russian cross hive that didn't build up well. I have been reading about ways to deal with the laying worker issue. One option I found was to use a double screen board and combine the laying worker hive with a queenright hive. The idea is the queen pheromone will permeate the laying worker hive and supposedly "turn off" the laying workers.
I have two questions. has anyone successfully used this method? Question two...will ferals accept a russian cross queen? Thanks
I have two questions. has anyone successfully used this method? Question two...will ferals accept a russian cross queen? Thanks