I've set up some mating nucs and some have too many bees and some have not enough bees. I have temp queen in them, so I was wondering if it's okay to just shake bees from one box to the other? I know if you do that with queen right colonies, you'll have real problems. But with the temp queen the smell should be the the same. Is the step of spraying them with sugar water necessary (I'll probably want to do it to keep them from being so "flighty").
I know I can just put capped brood in the weak nucs, but I also want to reduce the numbers in the overcrowded ones.
Thanks
I know I can just put capped brood in the weak nucs, but I also want to reduce the numbers in the overcrowded ones.
Thanks