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My single hive gave me about 100 pounds of honey this spring and the number of girls is growing steadily. I bought a queen from Busy Bee and installed her today. Here's what I've done so far...
Took a new 10 frame deep with foundation and placed it on a SBB, removed one frame and hung the cage somewhere about in the middle. I took a full 10 frame deep off the original hive (it had 2 and 2 supers) and put it on top of the empty deep. I took the fuller of the two supers and put it on top of the two deeps with the new queen.
I did not locate the original queen so I'm hoping she's in the deep I left on the original hive.
Question:
What will prevent the bees from the 'relocated' deep from flying out and right back into the original hive since they're about 4 feet apart? Should I have located the new hive farther away?
How will I tell if the original queen is in the 'relocated' deep?
There's tons of bearding on the original hive. Perhaps I should switch and put the empty deep on top of the original deep?
Thanks,
Ed.
Took a new 10 frame deep with foundation and placed it on a SBB, removed one frame and hung the cage somewhere about in the middle. I took a full 10 frame deep off the original hive (it had 2 and 2 supers) and put it on top of the empty deep. I took the fuller of the two supers and put it on top of the two deeps with the new queen.
I did not locate the original queen so I'm hoping she's in the deep I left on the original hive.
Question:
What will prevent the bees from the 'relocated' deep from flying out and right back into the original hive since they're about 4 feet apart? Should I have located the new hive farther away?
How will I tell if the original queen is in the 'relocated' deep?
There's tons of bearding on the original hive. Perhaps I should switch and put the empty deep on top of the original deep?
Thanks,
Ed.