Hi all,
I live just north of the site of the Interstate 35 tragedy on 5/24/2010. I went to the site following work on wednesday this past week and found the biggest swarm I have ever seen. I hived them on site and observed them over the next couple days. I suspected them to be queenless and upon inspection this afternoon confirmed this as there was no signs of brood or eggs almost five days after being hived.
So this brings me to my question. What should I do?
Here is my circumstance:
I have 2 nucs arriving Memorial day. I am tempted to combine one with this swarm to make a colony immediately capable of production. Should I do this and how? I am also thinking about ordering a queen and splitting off a nuc to restart a third colony from the nuc/swarm combo.
Any thoughts would be appreciated and any advice besides the ones I have would be considered. Thanks.
I live just north of the site of the Interstate 35 tragedy on 5/24/2010. I went to the site following work on wednesday this past week and found the biggest swarm I have ever seen. I hived them on site and observed them over the next couple days. I suspected them to be queenless and upon inspection this afternoon confirmed this as there was no signs of brood or eggs almost five days after being hived.
So this brings me to my question. What should I do?
Here is my circumstance:
I have 2 nucs arriving Memorial day. I am tempted to combine one with this swarm to make a colony immediately capable of production. Should I do this and how? I am also thinking about ordering a queen and splitting off a nuc to restart a third colony from the nuc/swarm combo.
Any thoughts would be appreciated and any advice besides the ones I have would be considered. Thanks.