Hello Everyone,
Hope your season is going well wherever you are.
I did a cut-down split for the first time on a double deep hive that's been going strong for three years. I wanted to see how the cut-down worked and avoid a swarm like I had last year on this hive. I did the split on Easter Sunday, which for my area was little early (and cool), not realizing it was going to remain cool. Lesson learned.
So it's been four weeks since the split. I went in today and found a lot of opened queen cells but no eggs or larva. Should I assume that the queen might have been on her mating flight or should I introduce a queen myself just in case?
Thanks for any assistance,
b
Hope your season is going well wherever you are.
I did a cut-down split for the first time on a double deep hive that's been going strong for three years. I wanted to see how the cut-down worked and avoid a swarm like I had last year on this hive. I did the split on Easter Sunday, which for my area was little early (and cool), not realizing it was going to remain cool. Lesson learned.
So it's been four weeks since the split. I went in today and found a lot of opened queen cells but no eggs or larva. Should I assume that the queen might have been on her mating flight or should I introduce a queen myself just in case?
Thanks for any assistance,
b