I checked my two hives today; both packaged 5 weeks ago. Two weeks ago they were both healthy and had 5ish frames of brood/eggs each. Well, now they are both queenless!
One hive had four separate frames with capped queen cells in the center of the frames; total of about 10 cells. The other had no queen cells and only a few brood hatching out... But they have more workers than the other.
So, I took a frame with 4 capped Queens on it and swapped it for an empty frame in the other hive with no queen cells. Leaving the first hive with 5-6 capped queen cells (one being the largest cell) and the second hive with 4 capped queen cells.
What are my chances of this working out?
Thanks,
MT
p.s. - I also snagged a good size swarm this week, so at least I have that going for me.
One hive had four separate frames with capped queen cells in the center of the frames; total of about 10 cells. The other had no queen cells and only a few brood hatching out... But they have more workers than the other.
So, I took a frame with 4 capped Queens on it and swapped it for an empty frame in the other hive with no queen cells. Leaving the first hive with 5-6 capped queen cells (one being the largest cell) and the second hive with 4 capped queen cells.
What are my chances of this working out?
Thanks,
MT
p.s. - I also snagged a good size swarm this week, so at least I have that going for me.