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I have 2 hives that have produced multiple capped queen cells. One was from a cutout where I guess I didn't get the queen. The other was from a swarm trap where cattle knocked the hive over and I guess the queen died or fled.
My questions: Can I carefully remove all but 1 cell from the combs and put them in queen clips to emerge to prevent fights to the death, then set them up in mating nucs or queenless hives?
Or would it be better to create mating nucs first, and move the capped cells? Since I am not sure how soon they will hatch, and I will have to build the top bar nucs, they may emerge before I can get them built. Hence the queen clip idea.
Can someone point me to info on what is needed to set up a mating nuc as far as bees and resources go using a top bar hive, since that is what i have and can build?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
My questions: Can I carefully remove all but 1 cell from the combs and put them in queen clips to emerge to prevent fights to the death, then set them up in mating nucs or queenless hives?
Or would it be better to create mating nucs first, and move the capped cells? Since I am not sure how soon they will hatch, and I will have to build the top bar nucs, they may emerge before I can get them built. Hence the queen clip idea.
Can someone point me to info on what is needed to set up a mating nuc as far as bees and resources go using a top bar hive, since that is what i have and can build?
Thanks in advance for your replies.