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Ok, I finally have 2 small hives going. One is from a split, they have less than 9 frames total, the other is a swarm I hived a week ago, they only have maybe 3 frames.
I need to get rid of my laying worker hive, they didn't take the queen cells and are determined to continue down their destructive path. But I hate to lose all that worker potential.
I am thinking about doing the dump them out strategy as described to me by various members of this board. But I don't have 100 feet or much tall grass. The best I can do is about 40 feet or 30 feet of weeds.
I wanted to move my two smaller hives where the lw hive is and put excluders under them(get rid of the 1000s drones) . What are the chances that the laying workers or bees from that hive will mess up either of my good(but small) hives?
I am a bit afraid that they would be overwhelmed??
Also, what do I do with 20 frames with capped and uncapped drones but basically good comb(they are small drones)?
[This message has been edited by kookaburra (edited June 07, 2004).]
I need to get rid of my laying worker hive, they didn't take the queen cells and are determined to continue down their destructive path. But I hate to lose all that worker potential.
I am thinking about doing the dump them out strategy as described to me by various members of this board. But I don't have 100 feet or much tall grass. The best I can do is about 40 feet or 30 feet of weeds.
I wanted to move my two smaller hives where the lw hive is and put excluders under them(get rid of the 1000s drones) . What are the chances that the laying workers or bees from that hive will mess up either of my good(but small) hives?
I am a bit afraid that they would be overwhelmed??
Also, what do I do with 20 frames with capped and uncapped drones but basically good comb(they are small drones)?
[This message has been edited by kookaburra (edited June 07, 2004).]