[Cascade Hunter]

What's the secret for requeening a mean hive. I have one that's a double deep that's absolutely stuffed with bees and no queen. And they jump on me like there's no tomorrow.... Thusfar they have rejected three new mated queens.

 

[BeeGora]

If it's stuffed with bees how do you know there's no queen? Someone is laying a lot of eggs.

 

[Cascade Hunter]

No eggs, no brood neither open nor capped for three weeks.

 

[BeeGhost]

Shake em out, probably laying workers by now anyhow, hence the queen rejection.

 

[UTvolshype]

What's the secret for requeening a mean hive. I have one that's a double deep that's absolutely stuffed with bees and no queen. And they jump on me like there's no tomorrow.... Thusfar they have rejected three new mated queens.

Pull 5 frames with nurse bees and brood and make a nuc. Add queen and wait till laying then place on top of nasty hive but make sure you don't have a queen. You could also spit the double hive and divide and conquer. I had to do the combine/nuc approach twice this summer.

 

[Cascade Hunter]

I do have a strong NUC I could put on top but I'd hate to loose another queen.