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I need some advice from you old timers.
(not that any of you would be considered old)
I have two hives in deeps and one split and one small captured swarm in nucs. Right now one nuc and one hive have a queen. The other nuc (swarm) is only a week old and I'm not certain they had a queen when I got them (acting weird) so I gave them a frame of open brood and eggs from another to make a queen if needed. The one hive was making swarm cells so I took the old queen and some bees and made a nuc. I really think they should have a laying queen by now. I'm checking everyone tomorrow morning. Okay, long story short.:waiting: Everyone has an entrance feeder on right now except for the small swarm in the nuc. I have them in a cardboard nuc and no place for entrance feeder and I do not have any frame feeders. I bought a small chick waterer to try to open feed them with. I know that is usually a no-no especially around hives that may be queenless b/c of robbing. Heres my questions: Do you think since all the others are being fed in the hive that I probably wouldn't have a robbing problem? I really feel I need to feed this nuc as they were not a large swarm and possibly queenless. I want them to have a good leg to stand on. If I were to use the chick feeder how close to the hive do you think would be safe?? Thanks for any thoughts!!
I have two hives in deeps and one split and one small captured swarm in nucs. Right now one nuc and one hive have a queen. The other nuc (swarm) is only a week old and I'm not certain they had a queen when I got them (acting weird) so I gave them a frame of open brood and eggs from another to make a queen if needed. The one hive was making swarm cells so I took the old queen and some bees and made a nuc. I really think they should have a laying queen by now. I'm checking everyone tomorrow morning. Okay, long story short.:waiting: Everyone has an entrance feeder on right now except for the small swarm in the nuc. I have them in a cardboard nuc and no place for entrance feeder and I do not have any frame feeders. I bought a small chick waterer to try to open feed them with. I know that is usually a no-no especially around hives that may be queenless b/c of robbing. Heres my questions: Do you think since all the others are being fed in the hive that I probably wouldn't have a robbing problem? I really feel I need to feed this nuc as they were not a large swarm and possibly queenless. I want them to have a good leg to stand on. If I were to use the chick feeder how close to the hive do you think would be safe?? Thanks for any thoughts!!