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hey ya'll
glad to have found this site, i have so many questions , but will start off with few! hope ya'll don't mind!
i received my bee hive fully hived on the 23, full and ready for the next brood box, i added 2 supers, and the bees seem to be doing good, there very calm and seem to be happy, moving in and out, and active. the man i got to hive my box said they might split, or swarm by end of July, maybe! if they do, i will have a brood box waiting, my question is, when i capture the swarm, do i dump the swarm in the box and add 2-3 frames, and a drone cell, and start feeding them sugar water? and do i use regular table sugar? if the feeder is an insert, a 2 gallon insert, is it 1/2 cup of sugar to 2 gallons of water? will keep reading the forums for info, but thought ya'll might have some ideas where i could find the info or advice on this.
thanks for the help.
glad to have found this site, i have so many questions , but will start off with few! hope ya'll don't mind!
i received my bee hive fully hived on the 23, full and ready for the next brood box, i added 2 supers, and the bees seem to be doing good, there very calm and seem to be happy, moving in and out, and active. the man i got to hive my box said they might split, or swarm by end of July, maybe! if they do, i will have a brood box waiting, my question is, when i capture the swarm, do i dump the swarm in the box and add 2-3 frames, and a drone cell, and start feeding them sugar water? and do i use regular table sugar? if the feeder is an insert, a 2 gallon insert, is it 1/2 cup of sugar to 2 gallons of water? will keep reading the forums for info, but thought ya'll might have some ideas where i could find the info or advice on this.
thanks for the help.