Last week I hived a swarm. I put a frame of brood in with them. I knocked the nurse bees off the frame of larvae in front of the hive. Mass casualties of bees from fighting.
I hived a swarm yesterday. Today I put a frame of brood in with them. I got smart edumacated last week so I sprayed the nurse bees with sugar water and put them in the hive with the swarm. An hour later, MASS CASUALTIES on the landing board and in front of the hive. I just hope the bees off the brood frame don't kill the queen. I am rushed for time because I have a funeral to be at this afternoon, but I left them in the nuc without a queen for about an hour. They got loud and I figured they knew they were queenless. Maybe they did, but the bees in the swarm were not accomodating at all.
So, I guess the only way to properly put brood in the hive with a swarm is to BRUSH THE BEES off the frame? Either that, or I've got some mean swarms...
I hived a swarm yesterday. Today I put a frame of brood in with them. I got smart edumacated last week so I sprayed the nurse bees with sugar water and put them in the hive with the swarm. An hour later, MASS CASUALTIES on the landing board and in front of the hive. I just hope the bees off the brood frame don't kill the queen. I am rushed for time because I have a funeral to be at this afternoon, but I left them in the nuc without a queen for about an hour. They got loud and I figured they knew they were queenless. Maybe they did, but the bees in the swarm were not accomodating at all.
So, I guess the only way to properly put brood in the hive with a swarm is to BRUSH THE BEES off the frame? Either that, or I've got some mean swarms...