I have a (green) hive which wants to swarm. They have been building swarm cells, but the current queen continues to lay eggs very well.
Next to it is another (brown) hive which has struggled earlier this year with being queenless, and not raising a new queen. Bought a queen for this hive a month ago and she is laying, but the population is down.
I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. I'll take some frames of bees+brood from the green hive to the brown hive. Hopefully this will strengthen the brown hive and remove some pressure from the green hive.
Do you think this will help the green hive and relieve the swarm instinct?
-- Steven
Next to it is another (brown) hive which has struggled earlier this year with being queenless, and not raising a new queen. Bought a queen for this hive a month ago and she is laying, but the population is down.
I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. I'll take some frames of bees+brood from the green hive to the brown hive. Hopefully this will strengthen the brown hive and remove some pressure from the green hive.
Do you think this will help the green hive and relieve the swarm instinct?
-- Steven