Yesterday I removed a small hive from a friends wall in his home
I used a homemade BEE Vaccuum 5 gallon bucket container and collected almost all the bees
I carefully removed the comb and rubber banded it into frames
It was a relatively small hive I ended up with only 4-5 frames of comb
There was a little honey a little pollen and I didnt have time to look closely for eggs
but I did see white curled up uncapped larvae
I did this in sunny Charlotte NC 65 degree weather
I hurried home (45 min drive) and dumped the mass of bees into a hive body
I only inserted the 5 frames and left 2 empty slots on each side
I plan on installing new foundation/frames in a couple days
Should I put food on this hive?
any pointers?
thanks
I used a homemade BEE Vaccuum 5 gallon bucket container and collected almost all the bees
I carefully removed the comb and rubber banded it into frames
It was a relatively small hive I ended up with only 4-5 frames of comb
There was a little honey a little pollen and I didnt have time to look closely for eggs
but I did see white curled up uncapped larvae
I did this in sunny Charlotte NC 65 degree weather
I hurried home (45 min drive) and dumped the mass of bees into a hive body
I only inserted the 5 frames and left 2 empty slots on each side
I plan on installing new foundation/frames in a couple days
Should I put food on this hive?
any pointers?
thanks