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Did a split yesterday as I found a few queen cells. Took 5 frames including eggs, brood, pollen, honey and the frame with queen cells from the busting hive and moved them to a new brood box about 30 feet away. I added part of a pollen patty to the new hive and then put the majority of the pollen patty back to the "donator" hive. Checked the hives a couple times yesterday and everything seemed fine.
Tonight there was quite a bit of activity around the new hive. Bees were coming and going and they seemed to be heading back to their old hive.
Have I made a big mistake by adding the pollen patty. I did have a entrance reducer on with the 4" side open. When I saw this, I reduced it down to 1".
Is there anything else I should do?
Thanks.
Tonight there was quite a bit of activity around the new hive. Bees were coming and going and they seemed to be heading back to their old hive.
Have I made a big mistake by adding the pollen patty. I did have a entrance reducer on with the 4" side open. When I saw this, I reduced it down to 1".
Is there anything else I should do?
Thanks.