I have a July swarm that appears to have lost their queen (or I maybe killed it by accident.) I want to combine them with a split that I did back in June.
The weather is in the mid- to high-90's here and will be for the foreseeable future.
On Wednesday, I will go back out to confirm that the queen is gone from this swarm. If it is, I was going to take a sheet of newspaper and place it over the split, then placing the failing swarm above that.
My question is this: Since it is so hot, I am worried that I will bake them. Would it be advisable to place an imrie shim, with the opening facing the opposite direction from the bottom hive, between the newspaper and the failing swarm. This would effectively give them a little area to fan/ventilate while I wait for them to combine.
Thanks,
jones
The weather is in the mid- to high-90's here and will be for the foreseeable future.
On Wednesday, I will go back out to confirm that the queen is gone from this swarm. If it is, I was going to take a sheet of newspaper and place it over the split, then placing the failing swarm above that.
My question is this: Since it is so hot, I am worried that I will bake them. Would it be advisable to place an imrie shim, with the opening facing the opposite direction from the bottom hive, between the newspaper and the failing swarm. This would effectively give them a little area to fan/ventilate while I wait for them to combine.
Thanks,
jones